# Platform Security Engineering, Operating Systems

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $320k – $405k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Linux, Kernel Hardening, Selinux, Apparmor, Seccomp, Ebpf, C, Linux Security Modules, Secure Boot, Tpm, Sev, Tdx, Sgx, Virtualization Security, Container Security
**Posted:** 2026-07-07

> Hardens and secures the OS layer for Anthropic's AI infrastructure, designing kernel-level protections, runtime enforcement, attestation, and isolation for large-scale model training environments. Requires deep Linux kernel expertise, C/systems programming, and OS security experience.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement hardened OS configurations for AI workloads across diverse hardware platforms
- Minimize attack surfaces by removing as many unnecessary components as possible from kernelspace and userspace
- Develop kernel security policies using SELinux, AppArmor, and custom Linux Security Modules and runtime enforcement mechanisms
- Implement and maintain full-disk encryption solutions for diverse storage systems
- Build security infrastructure for AI systems, research environments, and production services
- Create OS-level attestation and integrity monitoring systems
- Apply security patches, develop patches for custom kernel modules, and kernel hardening configurations
- Design secure boot processes and trusted execution environments
- Work with container teams to ensure proper workload isolation at the kernel level
- Design privilege separation and mandatory access control policies
- Implement secure update mechanisms for OS components
- Build tooling for security configuration management and compliance verification
- Serve as a subject matter expert for OS security questions and designs

## Minimum Qualifications
- Deep knowledge of Linux internals, including kernel subsystems and security frameworks (SELinux, AppArmor, seccomp, etc.)
- Experience with kernel hardening techniques and exploit mitigation
- Strong programming skills in C and systems programming languages
- Experience with eBPF for security monitoring and enforcement
- Understanding of virtualization and containerization security
- Track record of identifying and fixing OS-level security vulnerabilities
- Experience with security-focused Linux distributions

## Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in operating systems security or kernel development
- Kernel development experience or contributions to Linux kernel
- Experience with real-time or embedded operating systems
- Knowledge of hardware security features and their OS integration
- Experience with secure boot technologies
- Experience with confidential computing and memory encryption technologies (SEV, TDX, SGX)
- Background in vulnerability research, exploit development, or fuzzing
- Experience with formal methods for OS verification
- Knowledge of hardware security features and their OS integration (TPM, HSM, secure enclaves)

## Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a relevant field

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