Anthropic
Staff+ Application Security Engineer
$320K–$485K
Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) +4 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jan 22, 2025
- Location
- Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required)
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
New York City, NY
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Minimum years correlate with internal job-level requirements; preferred: 7+ years in application security, security engineering, or security-focused software engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; if an offer is made, Anthropic will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa and provides an immigration lawyer.
About the job
Build and operate AI-powered application security systems, lead threat modeling and design reviews, and serve as an embedded security owner for Anthropic products and infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Own Claude-powered security systems end-to-end, including code analysis, vulnerability remediation, and AI-assisted threat modeling.
- Lead secure design reviews and threat modeling for novel AI systems; partner with Product, Infrastructure, and Research teams.
- Help operate the bug bounty program and participate in incident response, escalations, and launch consultations.
What they ask for
- Hands-on application and infrastructure security experience, including cloud and containerized environments.
- Production-quality coding ability in Python, Go, Rust, or TypeScript, with experience building durable systems.
- Practical threat-modeling and vulnerability-identification skills.
- High autonomy in ambiguous work and clear technical communication with engineers and leadership.
Nice to have
- 7+ years in application security, security engineering, or security-focused software engineering.
- Experience with LLMs, agentic or code-execution systems, bug bounty or vulnerability programs, security automation, or penetration testing.
Pay
$320,000 — $485,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Claude, Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript
AI focus
Build Claude-powered security systems for code analysis, vulnerability remediation, bug bounty triage, and threat modeling; secure agentic and LLM-integrated systems.
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