Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra

Anthropic

San Francisco, CA, US
Base: $320,000 - $405,000 usd; bonus/equity: not s...
On-site
Deep expertise in distributed systems
Proficiency in systems languages like rust or go
Hands-on experience with ml accelerators
The role owns the full lifecycle of accelerator capacity at Anthropic, ensuring every GPU, TPU, and Trainium node is usable and ready for frontier AI research

Job Summary

  • The role owns the full lifecycle of accelerator capacity at Anthropic, ensuring every GPU, TPU, and Trainium node is usable and ready for frontier AI research.
  • Key responsibilities include driving cross-team initiatives to build and scale AI clusters across multiple clouds while defining infrastructure architecture for the hardest problems.
  • Anthropic values a collaborative team culture where engineers work as a single cohesive unit on large-scale research efforts to advance steerable and trustworthy AI.

Matching Summary

The role owns the full lifecycle of accelerator capacity at Anthropic, ensuring every GPU, TPU, and Trainium node is usable and ready for frontier AI research.

Salary

Base: $320,000 - $405,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deep expertise in distributed systems
  • Proficiency in systems languages like Rust or Go
  • Hands-on experience with ML accelerators
  • Track record leading complex technical initiatives
  • Ability to build alignment across senior stakeholders

Nice-to-have

  • Experience managing large scale compute infrastructure
  • Depth in Kubernetes internals and cluster orchestration
  • Low-level systems experience with kernel or drivers
  • Familiarity with high-performance networking protocols
  • Contributions to open-source projects like Kubernetes

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Years of experience correlating with internal job level requirements

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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