Anthropic · 10 hours ago
Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$405K/yr - $485K/yr
10+ years expAnthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The role involves owning the technical strategy and roadmap for developer productivity, designing and building scalable infrastructure, and defining ecosystem standards that enhance developer efficiency.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyFoundational AIGenerative AIMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Own the technical strategy and roadmap for your area, translating team-level goals into concrete execution plans
Define infrastructure architecture, ensuring the hardest problems get solved — whether by you directly or by working through others
Design and build scalable, reliable distributed infrastructure and shared libraries that support high-volume workloads across all engineering teams
Own and evolve build environments, package management, and dependency systems to enable fast, reproducible builds
Define and implement language ecosystem standards, tooling, and frameworks that drive developer productivity across research and production workloads
Qualification
Required
10+ years (not including internships or co-ops) of experience in a Software Engineer role, building and operating large-scale developer infrastructure
3+ years (not including internships or co-ops) of experience leading large scale, complex projects or teams as an engineer or tech lead
Deep experience with build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and/or developer tooling in a large monorepo environment
Strong proficiency in Python, Rust and/or Go
Obsessed with developer productivity and reducing friction in the software development lifecycle
Experience with container orchestration and infrastructure at scale
Excellent communication skills and enjoy supporting internal partners to improve their development experience
Excited about designing foundational systems and are comfortable working independently on ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges
At least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Preferred
Experience with CI orchestration tools (Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) and merge queue management at scale
Experience building or operating remote build execution systems (Bazel Remote Execution API, BuildBarn, BuildBuddy, or similar)
Experience with Nix/NixOS/Docker and managing large image / package sets at scale
Experience building CLI tools, developer-facing services, and GitHub API and automation workflows
Benefits
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation and parental leave
Flexible working hours
A lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues
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
Anthropic has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (105)
2024 (13)
2023 (3)
2022 (4)
2021 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$63.74BKey Investors
Coatue,D. E. Shaw & Co.,Dragoneer Investment Group,Founders Fund,GIC,ICONIQ Capital,MGXFidelity,ICONIQ Capital,Lightspeed Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners
2026-02-12Series G· $30B
2025-09-02Series F· $13B
2025-05-16Debt Financing· $2.5B
Leadership Team
Dario Amodei
CEO and Co-Founder
Daniela Amodei
President and co-founder
Recent News
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