Anthropic
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering
$320K–$485K
San Francisco, CA +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
New York, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States - Experience
- Significant software engineering experience; 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 demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is offered, but not guaranteed for every role or candidate; the company says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Builds and operates cross-cloud validation and release infrastructure for Claude inference systems, ensuring model launches and inference changes reach cloud platforms reliably and efficiently.
What you'll do
- Bring up inference for new model architectures and integrate inference features for cloud platforms.
- Build and own CI/CD validation for inference servers and load balancers, including correctness checks, shadow traffic, and performance baselines.
- Analyze production observability across providers and fix performance, reliability, and cross-platform issues.
What they ask for
- Significant software engineering experience in high-performance, large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users.
- Track record building automation or test infrastructure that improved release velocity or reliability.
- Experience operating services on AWS, GCP, or Azure, with exposure to Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, or container orchestration.
- Strong interest in LLM serving and ability to collaborate across internal teams and external partners.
Nice to have
- LLM inference optimization, batching, or caching; capacity-constrained scheduling or shared-resource test infrastructure.
- Multi-region deployment, request routing, load balancing, global traffic management, CSP partnerships, or proficiency in Python or Rust.
Pay
$320,000 — $485,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, Python, Rust
AI focus
Supports Claude LLM inference, including launching new model architectures and integrating inference features across cloud platforms.
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