Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)

Anthropic's Infrastructure organization builds and operates distributed systems that train, serve, and secure AI models. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Infrastructure team, you'll scope and lead complex infrastructure projects, make architectural decisions, and work with research and product teams to build adaptable systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects from start to production
• Make architectural decisions shaping the foundation for other engineers and teams
• Drive alignment on technical direction across teams
• Partner with research and product teams to understand their infrastructure needs
• Own the reliability, scalability, and security of the systems you build
• Set technical strategy and standards for your team's infrastructure
• Improve operational processes like incident response and postmortems
• Mentor other engineers to raise the technical bar for the team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
• History of independently scoping and delivering complex technical projects
• Experience making architectural decisions for other engineers and teams
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience with machine learning infrastructure like GPUs, TPUs, or Trainium
• 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 other engineers

The annual compensation range for this role is £325,000-£390,000 GBP.