Anthropic

Forward Deployed Engineer

Anthropic
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11 hours ago
London, United KingdomMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Build production applications with Claude models within customer systems and ensure they meet customer requirements.
  • Deliver production technical artifacts such as MCP servers, sub-agents, and agent skills.
  • Provide white-glove deployment support for Anthropic products in enterprise environments.
  • Identify repeatable deployment patterns and share insights with Product and Engineering teams.
  • Maintain knowledge of LLM capabilities, implementation patterns, and AI product development stacks.
  • Build long-term customer relationships and identify additional AI deployment opportunities throughout engagements.
  • Travel 25–50% to customer sites for in-person collaboration.
  • Represent and champion Anthropic’s mission in customer environments.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in a technical, customer-facing role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, or as a Software Engineer with consulting or product experience; technical founders are also encouraged to apply.
  • Production experience with LLMs, including advanced prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and experience shipping production applications.
  • Experience with TypeScript, Java, or another additional programming language is preferred.
  • Ability to operate with high agency and navigate ambiguity in complex organizations.
  • Strong cross-organizational collaboration and communication skills, including customer discovery and explaining technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
  • Passion for advancing safe and beneficial AI systems through creative technical applications.
  • Background in financial services, healthcare/life sciences, or another enterprise vertical is a plus.
  • Experience with enterprise IT systems or AI deployment patterns is a plus.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of £225,000–£255,000 GBP.
  • Visa sponsorship is offered, with reasonable efforts made after an offer and support from an immigration lawyer.
  • Staff are generally expected to work from an Anthropic office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more office time.
  • The role requires frequent travel of 25–50% to customer sites.
  • Competitive benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration space.
  • Anthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on safe, reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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About Anthropic

5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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