Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra

Anthropic

San Francisco, CA, US
Base: $320,000 - $405,000 usd; bonus/equity: not s...
On-site
Distributed systems expertise
Cloud platform proficiency aws gcp azure
Systems language proficiency rust go python
Anthropic's Infrastructure organization is foundational to developing reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that scale to millions of users

Job Summary

  • Anthropic's Infrastructure organization is foundational to developing reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that scale to millions of users.
  • The Node Infra team owns the full lifecycle of accelerator capacity, ingesting compute from major CSPs and datacenters while building automation for hardware health and repair.
  • This role requires leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams to define architecture and drive operational excellence in incident response and postmortem culture.

Matching Summary

Anthropic's Infrastructure organization is foundational to developing reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that scale to millions of users.

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

  • Distributed systems expertise
  • Cloud platform proficiency AWS GCP Azure
  • Systems language proficiency Rust Go Python
  • Machine learning accelerator experience GPUs TPUs
  • Kubernetes and Terraform IaC skills

Nice-to-have

  • Hyperscale compute infrastructure management
  • Kubernetes internals deep knowledge
  • Low-level systems kernel virtualization experience
  • High-performance networking EFA RDMA InfiniBand
  • Open-source contributions to Kubernetes Linux

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years software engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Track record of leading multi-quarter technical initiatives

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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