320K–405K USD / year
Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Megas)
Engineering managerHybrid — San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA
Published on 2026-10-05
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About this role
As a Manager of Applied AI Engineering, you will lead a team of engineers working with high-profile partner-customers to implement AI solutions utilizing Anthropic's technology. You will oversee technical initiatives from prototyping through to deployment while ensuring team development and alignment to strategic goals.
About the company
Anthropic builds reliable and interpretable AI systems, including the Claude family of models, for businesses and developers. The company focuses on AI safety research and practical AI assistants for enterprise and consumer use.
The team
Applied AI Engineers for Anthropic's Megas segment
Stack
LLMsClaudePythonTypeScript
What you'll do
- Build, coach, and grow a team of Applied AI Engineers
- Staff engineers into account-aligned pods
- Set performance goals and metrics for team impact
- Guide architecture design and evaluation strategies
- Lead co-build initiatives with Mega engineering teams
- Act as a technical escalation point for accounts
- Build shared assets across pods
- Collaborate with Product and Research
What we're looking for
- 6+ years in technical roles
- 4+ years in a formal leadership role
- Success in hiring and scaling technical teams
- Experience with large strategic accounts
- Production experience with LLMs
- Strong programming skills in Python or TypeScript
- Track record with senior technical stakeholders
- Ability to navigate ambiguity
Nice to have
- Background at a hyperscaler or foundation model lab
- Experience with marketplace or co-sell motions
- Prior forward-deployed engineering leadership
- Executive briefing and public speaking presence