Software Engineer, Research Infrastructure

About the role

Anthropic is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join its Research Productivity organization. The role focuses on building and scaling the infrastructure that powers the company’s research tooling, enabling faster and more reliable AI research. You will work in a fast‑moving, startup‑like environment within a larger organization.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale infrastructure and systems that support rapidly increasing usage and evolving product requirements.
• Independently scope and lead complex, multi‑month engineering projects from ambiguous beginnings to production systems.
• Drive cross‑organizational alignment on technical direction, collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Make architectural decisions that shape the foundation of research infrastructure and tooling across Anthropic.
• Partner directly with researchers to understand and anticipate workflow needs.
• Iterate quickly, favoring pragmatic, first‑principles solutions and fast feedback loops.
• Own the reliability and scalability of critical systems as load and complexity grow.
• Help set technical standards, best practices, and mentor other engineers.

Required profile

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating large‑scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production.
• Track record of independently scoping and delivering complex, ambiguous, multi‑month technical projects.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands‑on coding ability.
• Experience making architectural decisions that other engineers and teams build on top of.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience driving alignment across multiple teams.

Required skills

• Large‑scale distributed systems
• Software engineering fundamentals