Staff Software Engineer, Systems

Anthropic

London, United Kingdom
Base: £240,000 - £325,000 gbp; bonus/equity: optio...
On-site
6+ years software engineering experience
Deep knowledge of distributed systems
Experience with kubernetes and iac
Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for society

Job Summary

  • Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for society.
  • The Systems engineering team owns compute uptime and resilience at massive scale, building the clusters and automation that make frontier AI research possible.
  • Candidates must have deep knowledge of distributed systems, reliability, and cloud platforms while being strong in at least one systems language.

Matching Summary

Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for society.

Salary

Base: £240,000 - £325,000 GBP; Bonus/Equity: Optional equity donation matching; Benefits: Generous vacation parental leave flexible working hours

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 6+ years software engineering experience
  • Deep knowledge of distributed systems
  • Experience with Kubernetes and IaC
  • Proficiency in Python Rust Go or Java
  • Led technical projects end-to-end

Nice-to-have

  • Security and privacy best practice expertise
  • Experience with GPU TPU Trainium infrastructure
  • Low level Linux kernel tuning and eBPF
  • Strong communication and design doc skills
  • Mentoring teammates through knowledge sharing

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 6 years of software engineering experience
  • Proven track record leading technical projects

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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