Applied AI Architect, Startups

AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, including the Claude product family and developer platform.

San Francisco, United States
About Anthropic

Anthropic PBC develops frontier AI systems and deploys them through Claude products and the Claude Platform, with a stated focus on safety, interpretability, and steerability.

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About the Role

You will serve as a trusted technical advisor to startup founders and engineers, helping them evaluate, architect, deploy, and expand Claude-based solutions. You will develop evaluation frameworks, guide architecture decisions, share startup insights with product and engineering stakeholders, and lead customer workshops and technical deep dives.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in a technical customer-facing role.
  • Experience working with startups or high-growth technology companies.
  • Software engineering or technical founder experience.
  • Experience building and scaling AI products.
  • Experience building and deploying production LLM applications.
  • Knowledge of context engineering, evaluation frameworks, and modern AI architectures.
  • Technical communication.
  • Experience selling technical products.
  • Python.
  • LLM framework, tool, and integration-pattern knowledge.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or experience.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Account Executives to translate startup requirements into technical solutions.
  • Guide startups through Claude evaluation, deployment, and expansion.
  • Develop evaluation frameworks for startup use cases.
  • Advise founders and engineers on technical architecture decisions.
  • Gather startup deployment insights and share feedback with Product and Engineering.
  • Travel to customer sites and industry events for workshops and technical deep dives.

Benefits

  • Equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
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