Anthropic

Staff Software Engineer: Compute

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11 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$320k - $485k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build core systems tracking datacenter sites, designs, bills of materials, equipment, and construction progress.
  • Embed with datacenter, energy, and supply chain teams to understand workflows and build essential tools.
  • Migrate and reconcile spreadsheets and legacy trackers and integrate construction management, scheduling, and engineering systems.
  • Design fine-grained permissions, auditability, and data quality for high-impact investment information.
  • Ship early, iterate with users, and prioritize work that accelerates bringing compute online.
  • Partner with research to assess model capabilities in engineering-heavy, physical-world domains.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building software, with strong full-stack skills and grounding in data modeling, APIs, and databases.
  • Experience building software relied on by teams in a physical-world industry such as datacenters, construction, energy, manufacturing, supply chain, or logistics.
  • Track record of zero-to-one work in startup or startup-like environments.
  • Strong user-centric approach, judgment, agency, and communication across engineering, operations, and research.
  • Experience with datacenters or adjacent fields such as construction, logistics, or legal is a strong plus.
  • Experience with tools such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Primavera P6, PLM/BOM, ERP and procurement, CAD/BIM, DCIM, or power system studies is a strong plus.
  • Background in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering, energy systems, or supply chain alongside software experience is a strong plus.
  • Experience building products with large language models is a strong plus.
  • Formal certifications, education credentials, and direct machine learning or AI research experience are not required.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of $320,000–$485,000 USD.
  • Visa sponsorship is offered with reasonable efforts made after an offer, although successful sponsorship is not possible for every role or candidate.
  • Hybrid policy requiring staff to work from an Anthropic office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more office time.
  • Competitive benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration space.

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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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