Is the Applied AI Engineer role remote?

It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in Tokyo, Japan.

How much experience is required?

At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Applied AI Engineer role.

Where is the role based?

Anthropic is hiring for this position in Tokyo, Japan.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Python.

Does Anthropic sponsor work visas for this role?

Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.

What seniority level is this role?

Anthropic targets mid-level candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Applied AI Engineer role at Anthropic.

Applied AI Engineer at Anthropic

Joblaze summary

In the role of Product Engineer for Applied AI at Anthropic, the individual will focus on developing tailored large language model solutions for enterprise clients in Japan, ensuring these systems meet specific business needs while adhering to safety standards. Key skills include a strong technical background in Python and experience with production systems involving AI technologies. This position is ideal for someone with at least four years of relevant experience, particularly in technical product management or engineering, who thrives in collaborative environments and enjoys mentoring others. Anthropic emphasizes a cohesive team approach, valuing communication and innovative thinking in a

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze August 20, 2026. Last confirmed on Anthropic's careers page October 9, 2026.
This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Anthropic: Sydney, Australia.

Quick facts

Is the Applied AI Engineer role remote?: It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in Tokyo, Japan.
How much experience is required?: At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Applied AI Engineer role.
Where is the role based?: Anthropic is hiring for this position in Tokyo, Japan.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Python.
Does Anthropic sponsor work visas for this role?: Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
What seniority level is this role?: Anthropic targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Applied AI Engineer role at Anthropic.

From the original posting

About Anthropic

About the role

As a member of the Applied AI team at Anthropic, you will drive the adoption of frontier AI by developing bespoke LLM solutions for top enterprises across Japan. You’ll leverage your customer-facing experience and technical skills to architect innovative solutions that address our customers' business needs, meet their technical requirements, and provide a high degree of reliability and safety.

In collaboration with the Sales, Product, and Engineering teams, you’ll help enterprise partners incorporate leading-edge AI systems into their products. You will employ your excellent communication skills to explain and demonstrate complex solutions persuasively to technical and non-technical audiences alike. You will play a critical role in identifying opportunities to innovate and differentiate our AI systems, while maintaining our best-in-class safety standards.

Key responsibilities

Act as the primary technical advisor for prospective customers across Japan evaluating Claude. Demonstrate how Claude can be used to solve high value business problems by developing system architectures and leveraging novel prompting techniques
Partner closely with account executives to understand customer requirements. Configure Claude's capabilities to showcase how it meets the customer's needs. Develop customized pilots and prototypes, as well as evaluation suites to make the case for customer adoption
Drive technical decision making by advising on optimal setup, architecture, and integration of Claude into the customer's existing infrastructure
Recommend solutions to technical roadblocks
Support customer onboarding across Japan by working cross-functionally to ensure successful ramp and adoption. Serve as an ongoing technical advisor throughout implementation and beyond go-live
Travel occasionally to customer sites for workshops, implementation support, and building relationships
Establish a shared vision for creating solutions that enable beneficial and safe AI
Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of innovative solutions that leverage our latest models’ capabilities across Japan

Minimum qualifications

Experience as a Technical Product Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer, or Platform Engineer
Native-level Japanese fluency and business-level English required
Designed novel and innovative solutions for technical platforms in a developing business area across Japan
Strong technical aptitude to partner with engineers and strong proficiency in Python required

Preferred qualifications

4+ years of experience in relevant field
Recent experience building production systems with large language models
The ability to navigate and execute amidst ambiguity, and to flex into different domains based on the business problem at hand, finding simple, easy-to-understand solutions
Excitement for engaging in cross-organizational collaboration, working through trade-offs, and balancing competing priorities
A love of teaching, mentoring, and helping others succeed
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to convey complicated topics in easily understandable terms to a diverse set of external and internal stakeholders.
Passion for thinking creatively about how to use technology in a way that is safe and beneficial, and ultimately furthers the goal of advancing safe AI systems

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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