Infrastructure Engineer • Senior

Who you are

You have a strong background in infrastructure engineering with a focus on building and scaling distributed systems. Your experience includes designing secure environments for executing code, and you understand the complexities involved in maintaining reliability and performance at scale. You are proficient in cloud technologies, particularly AWS, and have hands-on experience with container orchestration systems like Kubernetes. Your expertise in Linux systems allows you to troubleshoot and optimize performance effectively. You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with research teams to translate their requirements into robust infrastructure solutions. You are also comfortable participating in on-call rotations and incident response, ensuring operational excellence.

Desirable

Experience with serverless architectures is a plus, as is familiarity with monitoring and observability tools. You may have worked in AI or machine learning environments, giving you insight into the unique challenges of executing AI-generated code securely. A proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to continuous improvement will set you apart in this role.

What you'll do

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Anthropic, you will design, build, and operate distributed backend systems that power secure sandboxed execution environments. Your role will involve scaling infrastructure to meet the growing demands of research and product teams while ensuring reliability and performance. You will implement and maintain serverless architectures and container orchestration systems, collaborating with research teams to understand their requirements and translate them into effective infrastructure solutions. Additionally, you will develop monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to ensure operational excellence. Your contributions will directly support Anthropic's mission to create safe and beneficial AI systems, and you will play a critical role in maintaining strong security boundaries as our models become more capable.

What we offer

Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, including optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, and flexible working hours. You will work in a collaborative office space in San Francisco, New York, or Seattle, surrounded by a team of committed researchers, engineers, and policy experts. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds in our mission to build beneficial AI systems.