Anthropic · 2 months ago
Staff+ Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$405K/yr - $485K/yr
8+ years expAnthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable and beneficial AI systems. The role of Staff Software Engineer in Data Infrastructure involves designing, operating, and scaling secure data systems to support data-driven decisions, ensuring data integrity and availability while collaborating with data scientists and engineers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Design and implement robust access control systems ensuring only authorized users can access sensitive data
Build infrastructure for permission management, audit logging, and compliance requirements
Work on IAM policies, ACLs, and security controls that scale across thousands of users and systems
Build and maintain data pipelines and warehouses powering business-critical reporting
Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and availability for complex financial systems, including third party revenue ingestion pipelines; manage the external relationships as needed to drive upstream dependencies
Own the reliability of systems processing revenue, usage, and business metrics
Architect disaster recovery, backup, and replication systems for petabyte-scale data
Ensure high availability and durability of data stored in cloud object storage (GCS, S3)
Build systems that protect against data loss and enable rapid recovery
Scale data processing infrastructure using technologies like BigQuery, BigTable, Airflow, dbt, and Spark
Optimize query performance, manage costs, and enable self-service analytics across the organization
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years building data infrastructure, storage systems, or related distributed systems
Deep experience with at least one of: Cloud data platforms (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake) and orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt), Access control systems, IAM, authentication/authorization at scale, Distributed storage systems, object storage (S3, GCS), disaster recovery
Strong proficiency in programming languages like Python, Go, Java, or similar
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi) and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)
Can navigate complex technical tradeoffs between performance, cost, security, and maintainability
Excellent collaboration skills - you work well with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Comfortable with ambiguity and can independently scope and drive large projects
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Preferred
Experience with security and compliance requirements (ITGC, GDPR, financial controls)
Background in data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, or analytics infrastructure
Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native architectures
Track record of improving data reliability, availability, or cost efficiency at scale
Knowledge of column-oriented databases, OLAP systems, or big data processing frameworks
Experience working in fintech, financial services, or highly regulated environments
Security engineering background with focus on data protection and access controls
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Incentive compensation
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation and parental leave
Flexible working hours
Company
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI research company that focuses on the safety and alignment of AI systems with human values.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.74BKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersGoogleAmazon
2025-09-02Series F· $13B
2025-05-16Debt Financing· $2.5B
2025-03-03Series E· $3.5B
Leadership Team
Dario Amodei
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Amodei
President and co-founder
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