Looking for staff software engineer infrastructure jobs in London with visa sponsorship? Anthropic is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) team in London.
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Staff Software Engineer Infrastructure Jobs in London: Overview
| Job Title | Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) |
| Employer | Anthropic |
| Location | London, UK (hybrid, at least 25% in office) |
| Salary | £325,000–£390,000 per year |
| Job Type | Full-time, hybrid |
| Experience | Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems |
| Visa Sponsorship | We do sponsor visas |
| Closing Date | Not specified in the available job information |
About the Employer
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation building reliable, interpretable and steerable AI systems. Its Infrastructure organisation operates the distributed systems that train, serve and secure its models, including large Kubernetes clusters and supporting tooling.
Job Responsibilities
- Independently scope and lead complex multi-month infrastructure projects from ambiguous start to production
- Make architectural decisions that shape foundations other engineers build on
- Drive technical alignment across teams in ambiguous problem spaces
- Partner with research and product teams to turn compute needs into designs
- Own reliability, scalability and security of systems as usage grows
- Set technical strategy and improve operational processes such as incident response
- Mentor other engineers and raise the technical bar
Requirements
- Essential: Experience designing, building and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production
- Essential: History of independently scoping and delivering complex multi-month technical projects
- Essential: Experience making architectural decisions other teams build on
- Essential: Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one language such as Python, Rust, Go or Java
- Essential: Experience with modern cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code on AWS or GCP
- Preferred: 10+ years software engineering experience, ML infrastructure with GPUs or TPUs, low-level systems work, security background or prior technical lead experience
Visa Sponsorship and International Applicants
Anthropic confirms it sponsors visas. However, it is not able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. If an offer is made, the company will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa and retains an immigration lawyer to help.
Salary and Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Visa sponsorship available
- High salary range
- Leading AI infrastructure work
- Sponsorship not guaranteed for every candidate
- Hybrid office requirement
- High experience bar
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through Greenhouse. A resume or LinkedIn profile is required, plus answers to application questions including why you want to work at Anthropic.
Application Tips
- Review Anthropic’s AI partnership guidelines for candidates before applying
- Highlight multi-month infrastructure project leadership and architectural decision experience
- Note any Kubernetes, cloud or ML infrastructure work in the application
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