Anthropic · 8 hours ago
Capacity Engineer, Compute
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$320K/yr - $405K/yr
5+ years expAnthropic is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating reliable and interpretable AI systems. The Compute team is seeking a Capacity Engineer to provide expertise in cloud infrastructure strategy, capacity planning, and performance optimization, collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure efficient resource use.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Develop self-service tools and processes to enable anthropic engineers to understand their capacity, efficiency, and costs
Design, develop, and lead necessary automation to help capacity plan for both near and long term outcomes
Institute and design governance workflows to help manage additional capacity request approvals
Investigate new capacity requests to ensure the best use of resources and that instances are sized appropriately
Build and drive cost to serve analytics programs to guide engineering, finance, and leadership on the total cost (TCO) and infrastructure impact of our scaling factors. Inform pricing conversations through customer profile sensitive gross margin analysis
Tech lead with outside vendors to manage anthropic capacity needs
Proactively identify infrastructure inefficiency opportunities, document proposal and be a key contributor in driving a positive outcome
Serve as an advisor to engineering and finance functions and executive team for one of the largest areas of expenditure
Work closely with TPMs on special efficiency projects and help deliver committed outcomes
Qualification
Required
5+ years experience in capacity engineering
5+ years experience in a technical role
Intermediate knowledge of various public cloud providers
Experience with data modeling for public cloud
Experience with budgeting, capacity planning experience, and cloud efficiency optimization workflows
Experience in scripting and building automation tools
Self-disciplined and thrives in fast paced environments
Excellent communication skills
Familiarity with cloud compute, storage, network, and services
Attention to detail and a passion for correctness
We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
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.
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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