Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Distribution
Anthropic· Engineering & Design - Product
Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$405k - $485kPosted 2mo ago
About the role
Staff+ backend/platform engineer role focusing on transforming the Claude Platform into a cloud-native, enterprise-grade distributed product across CSPs (AWS, GCP, Azure) and on Anthropic infrastructure, with emphasis on security, compliance, and enterprise readiness.
Responsibilities
- Claude Platform on the Clouds: make the Claude Platform a best in class offering on Cloud Service Providers’ platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) by bringing API, control plane and Anthropic features through the provider’s front door; cross-cutting work across clouds and native integrations with CSPs; collaboration with Infrastructure, Systems, Networking, Databases, Inference and more.
- Enterprise Readiness: ship enterprise enablement features for regulated customers and scale, in an Enterprise SaaS context; focus on security, compliance, key management & encryption, audit APIs, usage visibility, access control, and international data residency; partner with core teams and CSPs.
Qualifications
- 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
- Take a product-focused approach to platform work and build robust, scalable, easy-to-adopt solutions
- Own large-scale infrastructure systems and lead ambiguous, cross-team technical projects from design through production
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) at scale and/or Enterprise SaaS in a multi-tenant context, with security/compliance/data residency background for regulated or sovereign cloud environments
- Take full ownership from design through deployment and operations
- Proficient in Python, Go, Rust, or similar systems language
Skills
Required:Backend engineering / distributed systemsCloud platforms
Nice to have:Enterprise SaaS / multi-tenant architectures
Benefits
- competitive compensation and benefits
- optional equity donation matching
- generous vacation and parental leave
- flexible working hours
- lovely office space
Last updated Aug 26, 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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