Lead complex infrastructure projects as a Staff+ Software Engineer at Anthropic, focusing on distributed systems and AI model support.
Posted by employer 11 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Role intensity
40% coding
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff+ Software Engineer will lead complex infrastructure projects that support the development and deployment of AI systems, ensuring reliability and scalability. Key skills include expertise in distributed systems, proficiency in programming languages like Python or Go, and experience with cloud infrastructure such as Kubernetes. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in technical leadership and a passion for building foundational systems that drive innovation. Anthropic's collaborative environment emphasizes impactful AI research, making it a unique opportunity for those looking to contribute to significant advancements in the field.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze August 8, 2026. Last confirmed on Anthropic's careers page October 8, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 86% of 81 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $212,000 across 32 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 33.8% of 302 comparable staff backend roles in United States; Rust appears in 10.3% of 302 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) 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, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) 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: AWS, GCP, Go, Java, Kubernetes, 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 staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) role at Anthropic.
From the original posting
About Anthropic
About the role
Anthropic's Infrastructure organization builds and operates the distributed systems that train, serve, and secure our AI models, including data pipelines, some of the largest Kubernetes clusters in the world, along with the databases, observability, and developer tooling that every other team at Anthropic depends on. As a Staff+ Software Engineer on our Infrastructure team, you'll independently scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects, make the architectural decisions other engineers build on, and work closely with research and product teams to understand their needs and build systems that keep pace as those needs evolve.
- Team placement happens after the interview process, based on your interests and experience alongside organizational needs. This lets us match you with the team where you'll have the most impact.
Key responsibilities
- Independently scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects, from an ambiguous starting point through to a production system
- Make architectural decisions that shape the foundation of infrastructure other engineers and teams build on
- Drive alignment on technical direction across multiple teams, working through ambiguous problem spaces
- Partner with research and product teams to understand their infrastructure and compute needs, and translate them into technical designs
- Take ownership of the reliability, scalability, and security of the systems you build as usage and complexity grow
- Set technical strategy and standards for your team's infrastructure
- Build and improve operational processes, such as incident response, postmortems, and on-call rotations, that help the team learn from every incident
- Mentor other engineers and help raise the technical bar for the team
Minimum qualifications
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production
- A track record of independently scoping and delivering complex, ambiguous, multi-month technical projects
- Experience making architectural decisions that other engineers and teams build on top of
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language (for example, Python, Rust, Go, or Java)
- Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code, on AWS and/or GCP
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience driving alignment across multiple teams or stakeholders
Preferred qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, not including internships
- Experience with machine learning infrastructure, such as GPUs, TPUs, or Trainium, and associated networking infrastructure like NCCL
- Low-level systems experience, such as Linux kernel tuning or eBPF
- Background in security or privacy engineering best practices
- Prior experience as a technical lead or mentor for other engineers
Deadline to apply: None. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
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