Join Anthropic as a Staff+ Software Engineer to build secure execution environments for AI systems used by millions.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 5 hours ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff+ Software Engineer will focus on developing and maintaining the secure execution environment that underpins Anthropic's AI capabilities, ensuring safe and efficient code execution. Key skills include expertise in containerized workloads, proficiency in languages like Python or Go, and experience with cloud infrastructure and systems design. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in scalable distributed systems and a track record of leading technical projects. Anthropic emphasizes collaboration and innovation, making it a fitting environment for those passionate about impactful AI development.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze August 20, 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 95% of 86 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list Go we track (median $209,912 across 35 companies). See Go salary trends
- Go appears in 35.3% of 309 comparable staff backend roles in United States; Rust appears in 11% of 309 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff+ Software Engineer, Product Sandboxing 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 $405,000–$485,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff+ Software Engineer, Product Sandboxing 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, Azure, GCP, Go, 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, Product Sandboxing role at Anthropic.
From the original posting
About Anthropic
About the role
We build and run the secure execution environment behind Claude's agentic capabilities. When Claude writes and runs code, browses the web, or uses a computer, that happens on infrastructure our team owns. We work at the intersection of systems engineering and security. The goal is to make untrusted code execution safe, fast, and reliable enough that product teams don't have to think about it. This is the layer between the model and the outside world, and it has to hold up at scale for every Anthropic product. We're hiring engineers who have experience building for containerized workloads and have a keen eye for building products used by millions of customers.
What you'll do
You'll independently scope complex, multi-month projects, drive cross-org alignment through ambiguous problem spaces, and make architectural decisions that shape how Anthropic builds and scales its products. You'll partner directly with research to productize cutting-edge capabilities, and will have lasting impact on the platform that hundreds of thousands of companies and internal/external engineers depend on every day.
You might be a good fit if you:
- Have a minimum of 8 years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems, ideally operating at tech lead level or equivalent distributed systems, cloud-native products, developer tools, or external developer facing products
- Have strong fundamentals in service-oriented architectures, networking, and systems design, ideally having owned both the technical vision and execution of a foundational platform system end to end
- Are proficient in Python, Go, Rust, or similar systems languages
- Have experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and/or multi-cloud networking
- Take full ownership of your work—from design through deployment and operations
- Can navigate ambiguity and make sound technical decisions independently, and have ideally operated in 0 to 1 and more mature team or company settings
- Take a product-focused approach to platform work and care about building solutions that are robust, scalable, and easy to us
Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Location Preference: Preference will be given to candidates based in NY, SEA, SF or the Bay Area given the current location of team.
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
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