# Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) at Anthropic

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- **Company:** Anthropic (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/anthropic)
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 10+ years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Distributed systems, Kubernetes, Python, Rust, Go, Java, AWS, GCP, Infrastructure-as-code, System architecture, Observability, Linux kernel tuning, eBPF, Security engineering, Technical leadership, Mentoring
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-08-12
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-12
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5387083008 (the employer's own application page)
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## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Scope and independently lead complex, multi-month distributed systems projects from ambiguity to production.
- Make foundational architectural decisions and set technical direction for other teams to build on.
- Drive cross-team alignment on design, reliability, scalability, and security trade-offs.
- Partner with research and product teams to translate compute and infrastructure needs into technical designs.
- Own reliability, scalability, and security as system usage grows; improve operational practices (incidents, postmortems, on-call).
- Mentor engineers and raise the team’s technical bar.

Requirements:
- Proven experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
- Track record of independently delivering complex, ambiguous technical projects.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one language (e.g., Python, Rust, Go, Java).
- Experience with modern cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, IaC) on AWS and/or GCP.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; experience driving alignment across stakeholders.
- Preferred: 10+ years of engineering experience, familiarity with ML infrastructure (GPUs/TPUs/Trainium/NCCL), low-level systems work (kernel tuning, eBPF), or security/privacy background.

## Responsibilities

The Staff Software Engineer will lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects and make critical architectural decisions that support the company's AI research and product teams. They are also responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of distributed systems while mentoring other engineers.

## Requirements

Candidates must have extensive experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production and proficiency in at least one programming language. A bachelor's degree is required, and 10+ years of software engineering experience is preferred.

## FAQ

- **Is this Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) role still open?** It was posted on 2026-08-12. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Anthropic's site before applying.
- **Does Anthropic offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Anthropic's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Distributed systems, Kubernetes, Python, Rust, Go, Java, AWS, GCP, Infrastructure-as-code, System architecture, Observability, Linux kernel tuning, eBPF, Security engineering, Technical leadership, Mentoring.

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