Staff+ Software Engineer (Enterprise)

Join Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, as a Staff+ Software Engineer. In this high-agency role, you will anchor the Enterprise pillar, designing Claude Enterprise for wide distribution and supporting governance and connectivity. You will define and drive multi-year technical strategy, lead high-complexity engineering initiatives, and serve as a primary technical decision-maker for major architectural decisions. You will also mentor and develop Staff-level engineers and drive alignment across various teams.

• Design and implement systems and products that make Claude enterprise-ready at scale, enabling Fortune 500 companies to roll out Claude to large employee bases.
• Define and drive multi-year technical strategy, including distributability and multi-cloud strategy, and lead high-complexity engineering initiatives.
• Mentor and develop Staff-level engineers across the organization, driving alignment across Product, GTM, Customer Success, and proactively addressing systemic technical risks.
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Drive the highest-leverage technical outcomes without formal authority—you lead through influence, quality of thinking, and trust
• Have deep expertise in distributed systems and API architecture, and are effective writing design docs, making architectural calls, and coding in critical paths
• Bring strong domain expertise and intuition in enterprise areas such as security, identity, compliance, governance, permissions, and connectivity
• Have demonstrably shaped technical strategy for large-scale Cloud Service Provider or Enterprise SaaS companies
• Have 10+ years of engineering experience with a clear track record operating at Staff or Senior Staff level
• Are highly effective across org boundaries—you build trust with GTM, Platform, Inference, Infrastructure, Privacy, Safeguards, and business stakeholders alike
• We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work