Is the Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases role remote?

It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA.

What's the salary range?

Anthropic lists $320,000–$485,000 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases role.

Where is the role based?

Anthropic is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AlloyDB, CockroachDB, Debezium, DynamoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

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, Databases role at Anthropic.

Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases at Anthropic

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Staff+ Software Engineer will focus on designing and scaling the database infrastructure that supports both product and research initiatives at Anthropic. Key skills include expertise in distributed database architectures and proficiency with major database engines like PostgreSQL or DynamoDB. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in leading complex infrastructure projects, particularly in high-growth environments. Anthropic emphasizes collaboration and aims to build a cohesive team dedicated to advancing AI technology.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 8, 2026. Last confirmed on Anthropic's careers page October 9, 2026.
Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
Starts above 98% of 42 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list PostgreSQL we track (median $200,000 across 30 companies). See PostgreSQL salary trends
PostgreSQL appears in 18.6% of 307 comparable staff backend roles in United States; AlloyDB appears in 0.3% of 307 comparable staff backend roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases role remote?: It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA.
What's the salary range?: Anthropic lists $320,000–$485,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases role.
Where is the role based?: Anthropic is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AlloyDB, CockroachDB, Debezium, DynamoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
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, Databases role at Anthropic.

From the original posting

About Anthropic

About the Role

We're looking for experienced engineers to build and scale the database infrastructure that powers Claude's products and Anthropic's research. As a Software Engineer on the Databases team, you'll architect and operate the systems that let millions of users interact with Claude while also supporting frontier AI research workloads.

You'll help set the database strategy for Anthropic: designing systems that handle billions of API requests, building storage that runs cleanly across GCP, AWS, and a range of deployment models, and creating the reliable data layer that lets research move fast.

The Databases team spans three areas: the core database platform (data plane and control plane), data movement (migrations, backfill, and change data capture), and caching. We're hiring across all three.

Key Responsibilities

Drive the technical direction for database solutions used across Product and Research
Design and implement database solutions that scale to support millions of users across Claude's product ecosystem
Build and scale database systems through 100x+ growth while maintaining reliability and performance
Build the database platform that lets Anthropic engineers ship without thinking about databases or scaling.
Architect data storage solutions that operate across GCP, AWS, first-party deployments, third-party deployments, and other environments
Develop database infrastructure that serves both product and research workloads with different performance characteristics
Build data movement infrastructure (migration tooling, backfill, and change data capture pipelines) that safely consolidates and moves data across the organization
Design and operate caching infrastructure, including CDC-driven cache invalidation, that keeps Anthropic's hottest paths fast and correct
Partner with product and research teams to understand data requirements and build infrastructure that accelerates their work
Optimize database performance, reliability, and cost efficiency at scale
Make build-vs-buy decisions for database technologies

Minimum Qualifications

Significant experience as a software engineer building and operating production database or storage systems
Deep knowledge of distributed database architectures and OLTP systems at scale
Proficiency with SQL and at least one major relational or distributed database engine (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Spanner, CockroachDB, DynamoDB)
Track record of leading large, complex infrastructure projects as an engineer or tech lead
Ability to balance moving quickly with the reliability needs of production systems
Strong technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years building and scaling database systems, with 3+ years leading large-scale projects or teams
Experience scaling databases through periods of rapid growth at high-growth companies
Experience operating Spanner, CockroachDB, TiDB, AlloyDB, or other globally distributed SQL databases in production
Experience with Redis, Temporal, vector databases, or async job processing frameworks
Experience with change data capture (Debezium or similar), large-scale data migration, or streaming data infrastructure
Experience building multi-cloud or hybrid cloud database solutions
Knowledge of database orchestration and automation at scale
Contributions to database internals, storage engines, or related open source projects

Note: Prior AI/ML infrastructure experience is not required. We value deep infrastructure and database expertise from any domain.

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

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Annual Salary:

$320,000—$485,000 USD

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