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Security Software Engineer, Detection & Response Platform

Anthropic· Security
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Hybrid (New York City, NY; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC)$320k - $405kPosted 11mo ago

About the role

Engineer role on Anthropic's Detection Platform team to build and scale security analytics infrastructure, including data pipelines, ML-powered detection systems, and secure operations leveraging Claude.

Responsibilities

  • Build AI-powered platform responsible for all aspects of D&R capabilities from detection development to incident response
  • Design and implement scalable data pipelines for ingesting and processing security telemetry across our rapidly growing infrastructure
  • Architect solutions for storing and efficiently querying large volumes of security-relevant data
  • Create rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts for new security tooling and analytics capabilities
  • Work closely with security and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring and growth of the Security team
  • Participate in on-call shifts

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on security, infrastructure and/or data pipelines
  • Track record of building and maintaining internal developer tools or security platforms
  • Strong understanding of data processing pipelines and experience working with large-scale logging systems
  • Experience with: Test-driven software development and/or CI/CD (plus for direct experience with Detection-as-code workflows); Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation); Query optimization for large datasets
  • Experience with building stable and scalable services on cloud infrastructure and serverless architectures
  • Ability to write maintainable and secure code in Python
  • Experience working with security teams and translating requirements into technical solutions
  • Ability to lead technical projects with minimal guidance
  • Track record of driving engineering excellence through high standards, constructive code reviews, and mentorship
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional security initiatives and navigate complex organizational dynamics
  • Outstanding communication skills, translating technical concepts effectively across all organizational levels
  • Demonstrated success in bringing clarity and ownership to ambiguous technical problems
  • Strong systems thinking with ability to identify and mitigate risks in complex environments

Skills

Required:PythonInfrastructure as codeData pipelinesCloud infrastructure
Nice to have:CI/CDSecurity domains

Benefits

  • Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage policy and related information may be found in the career page
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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