Software Engineer Research Infrastructure

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

Series F+Recently funded0 current maintainers0 active leadsTeam intelligence

Maintainer signals as of 9/23/2026

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 design, build, and scale infrastructure that supports evolving research workloads. You will lead complex projects from ambiguous beginnings through production, make foundational architectural decisions, partner with researchers, improve reliability and scalability, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or production infrastructure
  • Track record of independently delivering complex, ambiguous multi-month technical projects
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on coding ability
  • Experience making architectural decisions used by other engineers and teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and scale research infrastructure and systems
  • Scope and lead complex multi-month engineering projects
  • Drive cross-organizational alignment on technical direction
  • Make architectural decisions for research infrastructure and tooling
  • Partner with researchers to understand and anticipate workflow needs
  • Iterate quickly using pragmatic, first-principles solutions
  • Own the reliability and scalability of critical systems
  • Set technical standards and mentor engineers

Benefits

  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
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