Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Acceleration
Anthropic· Engineering & Design - Product
Hybrid (SF, CA), Hybrid (NYC, NY), Hybrid (Seattle, WA)$405k - $485kFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Staff+ backend/infrastructure engineer focused on developer experience, building internal tools to help Anthropic product engineers ship Claude-related capabilities faster. Owns technical strategy, builds tooling to improve CI/CD and lifecycle trust, and embeds with partner teams to reduce friction across the Claude Platform.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate the tools that help product teams ship faster
- Own the technical strategy and roadmap for your area, and ensure hardest problems get solved
- Define what it means to trust a change, especially changes written by Claude, and build tooling that holds the bar throughout the software development lifecycle
- Build agents that diagnose failures, fix broken tests, and run migrations
- Embed with partner teams to identify friction, validate solutions, and turn fixes into reusable products
- Move between building new tools and improving shared systems as priorities shift
Qualifications
- Experience building and operating backend services or infrastructure in production, in Go, Python, Rust, or TypeScript
- Deep experience with developer tooling, CI/CD, test infrastructure, or deployment systems
- Experience leading large, complex technical projects across teams
- Clear written and verbal communication, with experience supporting internal partner teams
- Interest in Anthropic's mission of building safe, beneficial AI
Skills
Required:Backend/Infrastructure developmentDeveloper tooling / CI-CD / test infrastructureTechnical project leadershipCommunicationMission alignment
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Office space for collaboration
Last updated Oct 21, 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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