# Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA, London, United Kingdom
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $320k – $485k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, Infrastructure As Code, AWS, GCP, Python, Rust, Go, Java, Machine Learning Infrastructure, Gpus, Tpus, Linux Kernel, Ebpf, Nccl
**Posted:** 2026-08-07

> Leads the architecture, delivery, and operation of large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems supporting AI research and products. The role requires strong software engineering, cloud infrastructure expertise, cross-team technical leadership, and experience delivering complex production systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Independently scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects from an ambiguous starting point through production.
- Make architectural decisions that shape infrastructure foundations used by other engineers and teams.
- Drive alignment on technical direction across multiple teams through ambiguous problem spaces.
- Partner with research and product teams to understand infrastructure and compute needs and translate them into technical designs.
- Own the reliability, scalability, and security of systems as usage and complexity grow.
- Set technical strategy and standards for team infrastructure.
- Build and improve operational processes, including incident response, postmortems, and on-call rotations.
- Mentor engineers and help raise the team's technical bar.

## Requirements
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production.
- Track record of independently scoping and delivering complex, ambiguous, multi-month technical projects.
- Experience making architectural decisions that other engineers and teams build on.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, Rust, Go, or Java.
- Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes and infrastructure as code, on AWS and/or Google Cloud.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience driving alignment across multiple teams or stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

## Nice-to-haves
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, excluding internships.
- Experience with machine learning infrastructure, including GPUs, TPUs, or Trainium, and associated networking infrastructure such as NCCL.
- Low-level systems experience, such as Linux kernel tuning or eBPF.
- Background in security or privacy engineering best practices.
- Prior experience as a technical lead or mentor for engineers.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary range: **$320,000–$485,000 USD**.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Optional equity donation matching.
- Generous vacation and parental leave.
- Flexible working hours.
- Office space for collaboration.
- The role follows a location-based hybrid policy; staff are currently expected to work from an office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more office time.
- Visa sponsorship may be available.


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