Manager Forward Deployed Engineering
AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, including the Claude product family and developer platform.
Maintainer signals as of 9/23/2026
Funding history
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead, hire, and develop Forward Deployed Engineers who deliver production AI solutions for strategic customers. You will oversee customer engagements, review technical work, build reusable delivery playbooks, partner with commercial and product stakeholders, and provide hands-on technical support when needed.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, forward deployed engineering, consulting, or another technical customer-facing role
- 2+ years of people-management experience in a services, post-sales, or Forward Deployed Engineering organization
- Experience building organizations from zero to one
- Experience implementing technical solutions with enterprise customers
- Ability to communicate technical complexity to diverse audiences
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training, or experience
Responsibilities
- Hire, develop, and retain a team of Forward Deployed Engineers
- Conduct one-to-ones, provide technical mentorship, and support career growth
- Staff and oversee customer engagements
- Collaborate on pre-sales qualification, scoping, and statements of work
- Review technical architectures and code for production quality
- Lead technical discovery, prototype solutions, and debug complex issues
- Build reusable playbooks, repositories, integration templates, and knowledge resources
- Define team OKRs and operational cadences
- Translate field insights into product improvements
- Travel to customer sites as needed
Benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation
- Parental leave
- Flexible working hours