Staff+ Software Engineer, Caching

About the role

Anthropic is seeking an experienced engineer to build a managed caching service from the ground up. The role sits within the Databases organization and owns the cache layer that powers the fastest paths of Claude’s product ecosystem.

Key responsibilities

• Define technical direction for caching infrastructure across product and research teams.
• Design, build, and operate a managed Redis fleet that scales to millions of users.
• Create client libraries and developer abstractions that make correct caching the default.
• Implement CDC‑driven cache invalidation to keep cached data consistent with source‑of‑truth databases.
• Architect solutions that run on GCP, AWS, first‑party deployments, and other environments.
• Optimize latency, hit rates, reliability, and cost efficiency on critical paths.
• Develop observability and tooling for easy debugging of cache behavior.
• Collaborate with product and research teams to understand access patterns and accelerate their work.
• Make informed build‑vs‑buy decisions for caching technologies.

Required profile

• Significant experience building and operating production distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of caching architectures, invalidation strategies, consistency trade‑offs, and failure modes.
• Hands‑on experience operating Redis, Memcached, or similar in‑memory stores in production.
• Proficiency in at least one systems programming language (Go, Rust, Java, C++) or Python at scale.
• Track record of leading large, complex infrastructure projects as an engineer or tech lead.
• Ability to balance rapid development with production reliability.
• Strong technical leadership and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Required skills

• Redis
• Memcached
• Go
• Rust
• Java
• C++
• Python
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Distributed systems design