Anthropic
Software Engineer, Systems
Anthropic, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
About Anthropic
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.About The Role
Anthropic is seeking an experienced engineer for our Systems team. You'll lead initiatives supporting some of the largest, most sophisticated clusters in industry used to train, research, and ultimately serve AI models. Your work will be crucial in ensuring Anthropic is able to continue reliably and safely training frontier models!ResponsibilitiesLead build out of industry-leading AI clusters (thousands to hundreds of thousands of machines), partnering closely with cloud service providers on cluster build out and required features.Consult with different stakeholders to deeply understand infrastructure and compute needs, identifying potential solutions to support frontier research and product development.Set technical strategy and oversee development of high scale, reliable infrastructure systems.Mentor top technical talent.Design processes (e.g. postmortem review, incident response, on-call rotations) that help the team operate effectively and never fail the same way twice.You may be a good fit if you:8 years of industry experience, as well as 3 years of experience leading large scale, complex projects or teams as an engineer or tech lead.Are obsessed with infrastructure reliability, scalability, security, and continuous improvement.Have a passion for supporting internal partners like research to understand their needs.Have excellent communication skills to build consensus with stakeholders, both internally and externally.Possess deep knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, AWS, and GCP.Strong candidates may also:Have security and privacy best practice expertise.Experience with machine learning infrastructure like GPUs, TPUs, or Trainium, as well as supporting networking infrastructure like NCCL.Low level systems experience, for example Linux kernel tuning and eBPF.Technical expertise: Quickly understanding systems design tradeoffs, keeping track of rapidly evolving software systems.Deadline to apply:
None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.Annual SalaryThe expected salary range for this position is: $300,000 — $485,000 USD.LogisticsLocation-based hybrid policy:
Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.US visa sponsorship:
We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate; operations roles are especially difficult to support. But if we make you an offer, we will make every effort to get you into the United States, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.Compensation and Benefits*Anthropic’s compensation package consists of three elements: salary, equity, and benefits. We are committed to pay fairness and aim for these three elements collectively to be highly competitive with market rates.Equity
- On top of this position's salary (listed above), equity will be a major component of the total compensation.US Benefits
- The following benefits are for our US-based employees:Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant.Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents.401(k) plan with 4% matching.22 weeks of paid parental leave.Unlimited PTO – most staff take between 4-6 weeks each year, sometimes more!Stipends for education, home office improvements, commuting, and wellness.Fertility benefits via Carrot.Daily lunches and snacks in our office.Relocation support for those moving to the Bay Area.UK Benefits
- The following benefits are for our UK-based employees:Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant.Private health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.Pension contribution (matching 4% of your salary).21 weeks of paid parental leave.Unlimited PTO – most staff take between 4-6 weeks each year, sometimes more!Health cash plan.Life insurance and income protection.Daily lunches and snacks in our office.How we're differentWe believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles.Come work with us!Anthropic is a public benefit corporation based in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
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Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.About The Role
Anthropic is seeking an experienced engineer for our Systems team. You'll lead initiatives supporting some of the largest, most sophisticated clusters in industry used to train, research, and ultimately serve AI models. Your work will be crucial in ensuring Anthropic is able to continue reliably and safely training frontier models!ResponsibilitiesLead build out of industry-leading AI clusters (thousands to hundreds of thousands of machines), partnering closely with cloud service providers on cluster build out and required features.Consult with different stakeholders to deeply understand infrastructure and compute needs, identifying potential solutions to support frontier research and product development.Set technical strategy and oversee development of high scale, reliable infrastructure systems.Mentor top technical talent.Design processes (e.g. postmortem review, incident response, on-call rotations) that help the team operate effectively and never fail the same way twice.You may be a good fit if you:8 years of industry experience, as well as 3 years of experience leading large scale, complex projects or teams as an engineer or tech lead.Are obsessed with infrastructure reliability, scalability, security, and continuous improvement.Have a passion for supporting internal partners like research to understand their needs.Have excellent communication skills to build consensus with stakeholders, both internally and externally.Possess deep knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, AWS, and GCP.Strong candidates may also:Have security and privacy best practice expertise.Experience with machine learning infrastructure like GPUs, TPUs, or Trainium, as well as supporting networking infrastructure like NCCL.Low level systems experience, for example Linux kernel tuning and eBPF.Technical expertise: Quickly understanding systems design tradeoffs, keeping track of rapidly evolving software systems.Deadline to apply:
None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.Annual SalaryThe expected salary range for this position is: $300,000 — $485,000 USD.LogisticsLocation-based hybrid policy:
Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.US visa sponsorship:
We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate; operations roles are especially difficult to support. But if we make you an offer, we will make every effort to get you into the United States, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.Compensation and Benefits*Anthropic’s compensation package consists of three elements: salary, equity, and benefits. We are committed to pay fairness and aim for these three elements collectively to be highly competitive with market rates.Equity
- On top of this position's salary (listed above), equity will be a major component of the total compensation.US Benefits
- The following benefits are for our US-based employees:Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant.Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents.401(k) plan with 4% matching.22 weeks of paid parental leave.Unlimited PTO – most staff take between 4-6 weeks each year, sometimes more!Stipends for education, home office improvements, commuting, and wellness.Fertility benefits via Carrot.Daily lunches and snacks in our office.Relocation support for those moving to the Bay Area.UK Benefits
- The following benefits are for our UK-based employees:Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant.Private health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.Pension contribution (matching 4% of your salary).21 weeks of paid parental leave.Unlimited PTO – most staff take between 4-6 weeks each year, sometimes more!Health cash plan.Life insurance and income protection.Daily lunches and snacks in our office.How we're differentWe believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles.Come work with us!Anthropic is a public benefit corporation based in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
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