Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)

ABOUT THE ROLE Anthropic is a rapidly growing organization dedicated to creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our mission is to ensure that AI is safe and beneficial for users and society as a whole. As a Staff+ Software Engineer on our Infrastructure team, you will play a critical role in building and operating the distributed systems that train, serve, and secure our AI models. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Staff+ Software Engineer, you will independently scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects, making architectural decisions that shape the foundation of infrastructure for other engineers and teams to build on. You will partner with research and product teams to understand their infrastructure and compute needs, and translate them into technical designs. Additionally, you will take ownership of the reliability, scalability, and security of the systems you build, set technical strategy and standards for your team's infrastructure, and mentor other engineers to help raise the technical bar for the team. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production. You should have a track record of independently scoping and delivering complex, ambiguous, multi-month technical projects, and experience making architectural decisions that other engineers and teams build on top of. You should also have strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, Rust, Go, or Java. Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code, on AWS and/or GCP, is also required. WHY REMOTE As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and be part of a team that values collaboration and open communication. You will be able to contribute to the development of cutting-edge AI systems from the comfort of your own home or office. BENEFITS - Annual salary: $320,000 - $485,000 USD - Visa sponsorship available - Flexible schedule - Health plan - Parental leave - Education stipend - Life insurance - Equipment stipend