# Applied AI Architect, Public Sector

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $275k – $315k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Claude API, Claude Code, Python, LLMs, Llm Frameworks, Machine Learning, Data Science, Cloud Architecture, Enterprise Systems Integration, Evaluation Frameworks, Ts/Sci, Sales Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-08-18

> This customer-facing architect advises U.S. national security and defense agencies on integrating Claude, from technical discovery and evaluation through deployment. The role requires U.S. citizenship, an active TS/SCI clearance, prior national security agency experience, and at least five years in a technical customer-facing role.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Partner with account executives to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical solutions aligned with business objectives and implementation needs.
- Serve as the primary technical advisor to enterprise customers throughout their Claude adoption journey, from discovery and evaluation through deployment.
- Coordinate across Sales, Product, Engineering, and other internal teams to drive customer success.
- Support customers building with Claude Code, the Claude API, and Claude for Enterprise.
- Create and deliver technical content for engineering, development, business, and executive audiences.
- Guide architecture decisions and help customers integrate Claude into existing technology stacks.
- Help customers develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude's performance for specific use cases.
- Identify common integration patterns and share insights with Product and Engineering.
- Travel frequently to customer sites for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building.
- Maintain knowledge of developments in LLM capabilities and implementation patterns.

## Requirements

- U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Prior experience working with U.S. national security, defense, or intelligence agencies.
- 5+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, or Technical Account Manager.
- Experience navigating complex buying cycles involving multiple stakeholders.
- Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills with executives, engineering teams, IT teams, and other stakeholders.
- Ability to translate customer requirements between technical and business stakeholders.
- Experience designing scalable cloud architectures and integrating enterprise systems.
- Familiarity with Python.
- Familiarity with common LLM frameworks and tools, or a background in machine learning or data science.
- Ability to collaborate across organizations, work through trade-offs, and balance competing priorities.
- Strong teaching, mentoring, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Annual total compensation range: **$275,000–$315,000 USD**. For sales roles, this is the on-target earnings range, including target commissions or sales bonuses and annual base salary.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Optional equity donation matching.
- Generous vacation and parental leave.
- Flexible working hours.
- Office collaboration space.
- Hybrid policy: staff are generally expected to work from an office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more.
- Visa sponsorship may be available depending on the role and candidate.

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