Anthropic
Staff+ Software Engineer, Product Sandboxing
$405K–$485K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Minimum 8 years of practical experience stated in the role profile; logistics section says experience requirements correlate with internal job level requirements.
- 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 the secure execution platform that enables Claude to run code, browse the web, and use computers safely, reliably, and at scale.
What you'll do
- Independently scope and lead complex, multi-month projects, aligning teams and making architectural decisions.
- Partner with research to productize new capabilities and shape the platform’s architecture and scale.
- Own platform work 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.
- Strong fundamentals in service-oriented architectures, networking, and systems design.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, Rust, or similar systems languages.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, and/or multi-cloud networking.
Nice to have
- Experience operating at tech lead level or equivalent.
- Experience with cloud-native products, developer tools, or external developer-facing products.
Pay
$405,000 — $485,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Rust, GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes
AI focus
Build the secure execution environment behind Claude’s agentic capabilities and partner with research to productize cutting-edge capabilities.
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