Anthropic
Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Distribution
$405K–$485K
San Francisco, CA +2 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- At least 8 years of practical experience; the logistics section says years required correlate with internal job level requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field of study as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not guaranteed for every role or candidate; Anthropic says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Build and scale the Claude API as a cloud-native enterprise platform across major cloud providers and Anthropic infrastructure, including enterprise security, compliance, and operational features.
What you'll do
- Develop Claude Platform integrations and features for AWS, GCP, and Azure, including API and control-plane capabilities.
- Deliver enterprise features such as key management, encryption, audit APIs, usage visibility, access control, and data residency.
- Lead cross-team infrastructure projects from design through deployment and operations.
What they ask for
- At least 8 years of practical backend or platform engineering experience building scalable distributed systems.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure at scale and/or multi-tenant Enterprise SaaS, including relevant security, compliance, or data residency background.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, Rust, or a similar systems language.
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field of study.
Nice to have
- Experience operating at tech lead level or equivalent.
- Experience with regulated or sovereign cloud environments.
Pay
$405,000 — $485,000 USD (annual salary)
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, Python, Go, Rust
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