# Engineering Manager, Connectivity

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** London, United Kingdom
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** £255k – £325k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems, Mcp, OAuth, Token Management, Identity Systems, Api Gateways, Proxies, Multi-Tenant Platforms, Observability, Incident Response, AI/ML
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Leads the London-based Connectivity engineering team building reliable infrastructure for MCP, OAuth, token management, and enterprise tool access. The role requires software engineering management experience, a backend or platform engineering background, and expertise operating distributed systems at scale.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities

- Lead a team of engineers building connectivity infrastructure for tool use across Anthropic’s product suite, including the MCP proxy, OAuth, and token management.
- Hire, coach, and develop technical talent using an inclusive and equitable approach.
- Provide career development guidance and performance management for direct reports.
- Partner with Connectivity engineering leadership in San Francisco and with product, security, and platform teams to define the roadmap and create clarity in an ambiguous environment.
- Drive cross-team and cross-org alignment to ship work spanning claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork, and the API.
- Establish engineering best practices, including on-call, incident response, and postmortems, for dependable infrastructure.
- Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as part of Anthropic’s engineering management team.

## Minimum Qualifications

- Experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.
- Technical background in backend or platform engineering, with the ability to guide architectural decisions and engage in technical discussions.
- Experience operating production distributed systems, including reliability, observability, and incident response at scale.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build consensus across teams and time zones.
- Demonstrated success building a culture of belonging and product and engineering excellence.

## Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ years of experience as an engineering manager.
- Familiarity with MCP or experience contributing to open standards or open-source ecosystems.
- Experience leading teams collaborating with distributed or cross-time-zone partner teams.
- Familiarity with authentication and authorization concepts such as OAuth, token management, or identity systems.
- Experience building or operating API gateways, proxies, or multi-tenant platforms.
- Experience building for enterprise customers, including admin controls, governance, and compliance requirements.
- Experience working on AI/ML products or agentic systems.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Annual salary: £255,000–£325,000 GBP.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Optional equity donation matching.
- Generous vacation and parental leave.
- Flexible working hours.
- London-based hybrid policy requiring staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time.
- Visa sponsorship may be available.
- Minimum education: bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

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