Is the Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration role remote?

It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in London, UK.

What's the salary range?

Anthropic lists £325,000–£390,000 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration role.

Where is the role based?

Anthropic is hiring for this position in London, UK.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Buildkite, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes.

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 staff-level candidates for this position.

Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration at Anthropic

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Staff Software Engineer for Continuous Integration at Anthropic will focus on designing and maintaining robust CI infrastructure that supports a high volume of code deployments. Key skills include expertise in CI orchestration tools and experience with container orchestration, as well as a commitment to enhancing developer productivity. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with over a decade of experience in large-scale CI/CD systems who thrive in collaborative environments. Anthropic emphasizes a cohesive team approach to AI research, making communication skills particularly valuable.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 5 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 22, 2026. Last confirmed on Anthropic's careers page October 8, 2026.
Starts above 99% of 83 comparable staff devops/sre roles we track (median $199,750 across 39 companies).

Quick facts

Is the Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration role remote?: It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in London, UK.
What's the salary range?: Anthropic lists £325,000–£390,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration role.
Where is the role based?: Anthropic is hiring for this position in London, UK.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Buildkite, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes.
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 staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration role at Anthropic.

From the original posting

About Anthropic

About the role

Anthropic is seeking talented and experienced Software Engineers to join our Continuous Integration (CI) team within the Developer Productivity organization. The CI team is responsible for the infrastructure that enables hundreds of engineers to ship code safely and efficiently to production. By joining this team, you'll have a direct impact on the velocity and reliability of Anthropic's research and product development.

The CI team manages Anthropic's continuous integration system, which includes:

CI infrastructure for automated testing and code quality assurance across our monorepo, designed to scale with rapid growth
Test infrastructure that runs on Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers, handling intelligent test selection, execution, and reporting for a large and complex test suite
Merge queue management and complex branching strategies that ensure code quality at scale
CI tooling and automation to improve developer productivity and reduce operational overhead

Responsibilities

Design and build highly reliable, scalable CI infrastructure that supports thousands of daily builds across multiple cloud providers
Develop intelligent test selection systems that reduce CI time while maintaining code quality
Build and improve incident response automation, including cluster load shedding, automatic recovery, and observability tooling
Improve test infrastructure reliability through flake detection, quarantine systems, and test state management

You may be a good fit if you

Have 10+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating large-scale CI/CD systems
Have deep experience with CI orchestration tools (Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar)
Are obsessed with developer productivity and reducing friction in the software development lifecycle
Have experience with container orchestration at scale
Have excellent communication skills and enjoy supporting internal partners
Care deeply about reliability and building systems that "never fail the same way twice"

Strong candidates may also have

Experience with merge queues and branch management at scale
Experience with test infrastructure, including intelligent test selection and flake management
Experience building CLI tools and developer-facing services
GitHub API and automation experience

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

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Annual Salary:

£325,000—£390,000 GBP

Logistics

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