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Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) at Anthropic, London (Visa Sponsorship Available)

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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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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
What you need to Know
Pros
  • Visa sponsorship available
  • High salary range
  • Leading AI infrastructure work
Cons
  • 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.

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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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