320K–485K USD / year
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference
BackendHybrid — San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA
Published on 2026-09-28
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About this role
The role involves designing and building backend services for Anthropic's AI system, Claude, across multiple cloud platforms. Engineers in this position will collaborate with various teams and manage complex infrastructure to ensure efficient operations and scalability.
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.
What you'll do
- Design and build backend services for Claude across multiple CSPs
- Work cross-functionally with inference, product API, and security teams
- Build CI/CD automation systems for model deployment
- Design tooling abstractions for cost-effective inference management
- Contribute to capacity planning and autoscaling strategies
- Analyze observability data to identify performance issues
What we're looking for
- Significant software engineering experience with distributed systems
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform
- Curiosity about LLM serving
- Ability to collaborate across teams and with external partners
- Experience aligning goals with external partners
- Fast learner on new technologies and platforms
- Highly autonomous with end-to-end problem ownership
Nice to have
- Direct experience scaling infrastructure across multiple CSPs
- Hands-on experience with capacity management
- Understanding of multi-region deployments and global traffic management
- Proficiency in Python or Rust