Anthropic · 10 hours ago
Performance Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$350K/yr - $850K/yrAnthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable and beneficial AI systems. As a Performance Engineer, you'll be responsible for optimizing the performance of large-scale distributed systems and addressing novel systems problems related to machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Identifying systems problems and developing systems that optimize throughput and robustness of distributed systems
Implement low-latency high-throughput sampling for large language models
Implement GPU kernels to adapt models to low-precision inference
Write a custom load-balancing algorithm to optimize serving efficiency
Build quantitative models of system performance
Design and implement a fault-tolerant distributed system running with a complex network topology
Debug kernel-level network latency spikes in a containerized environment
Qualification
Required
Have significant software engineering or machine learning experience, particularly at supercomputing scale
Are results-oriented, with a bias towards flexibility and impact
Pick up slack, even if it goes outside your job description
Enjoy pair programming (we love to pair!)
Want to learn more about machine learning research
Care about the societal impacts of your work
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Preferred
High performance, large-scale ML systems
GPU/Accelerator programming
ML framework internals
OS internals
Language modeling with transformers
Benefits
Equity and benefits
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.
Founded in 2021
501-1000 employees
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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
Recent News
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