3 months ago
Base Salary
$320k - $405k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement hardened OS configurations for AI workloads across diverse hardware platforms.
- Reduce kernelspace and userspace attack surfaces and develop kernel security policies with SELinux, AppArmor, custom Linux Security Modules, and runtime enforcement.
- Implement full-disk encryption, OS-level attestation, integrity monitoring, secure boot, trusted execution environments, and secure OS update mechanisms.
- Develop and maintain security infrastructure, configuration-management tooling, and compliance verification for AI research and production environments.
- Patch kernels and custom kernel modules, design privilege separation and mandatory access controls, and support kernel-level workload isolation with container teams.
- Serve as the subject-matter expert for operating-system security designs and questions.
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of Linux internals, kernel subsystems, and security frameworks including SELinux, AppArmor, and seccomp.
- Experience with kernel hardening, exploit mitigation, eBPF security monitoring and enforcement, virtualization and containerization security, and OS vulnerability remediation.
- Strong programming skills in C and systems programming languages.
- Experience with security-focused Linux distributions.
- Preferred: 5+ years of operating-systems security or kernel-development experience, Linux kernel contributions, real-time or embedded operating systems, hardware security integration, secure boot, confidential computing, SEV, TDX, SGX, vulnerability research, exploit development, fuzzing, formal methods, TPM, HSM, or secure enclaves.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Benefits
- Annual compensation range of $320,000-$405,000 USD.
- Hybrid policy requiring staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more.
- Visa sponsorship is available, with immigration-lawyer support.
- Competitive benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration space.
About Anthropic
Anthropic builds large language models and the Claude AI assistant for developers and enterprises, offered via API access and enterprise plans. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, it distributes Claude through its own platform and via partners such as Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI. Its work emphasizes model reliability, interpretability, and practical tooling for tasks like coding assistance, analysis, and customer support automation.