Systems Engineer

IT Systems Engineer, Mobile Client Platform EngineerBoston, MA; Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY; Washington, DCAbout AnthropicAnthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.About the RoleThe Endpoint team (Client Platform Engineering) manages the laptops and handsets every Anthropic employee works on, plus the infrastructure underneath them. We treat the fleet as a distributed platform, not a collection of devices, and every piece of configuration ships as code through pull requests, CI, staging, and a canary group. Today the mobile side of the fleet is BYOD. This role exists to change that. You will design and implement a corporate-issued mobile device program (managed company phones and managed Apple accounts) in every region Anthropic operates in, and take it from early design to production.The team is deliberately lean and runs with high autonomy. You'll define what a corporate mobile program looks like at Anthropic and own the platform decisions that get it there.ResponsibilitiesDesign the corporate-issued mobile device program: device standards, what we issue to whom, and how the program grows from a first region to everywhere Anthropic operatesOwn the global logistics of issuing hardware: procurement partners, regional coverage, spares, and refresh cyclesBring mobile configuration into the team's config-as-code pipeline so mobile policies are reviewed, tested, and progressively rolled out like the rest of the fleetBuild zero-touch enrollment: Apple Business Manager and ADE with managed Apple accounts on iOS, the zero-touch equivalent on Android, so a new phone works the first time without hands-on setupOwn policy, compliance, and device lifecycle for the corporate fleet, from issue to wipeBuild telemetry on the corporate fleet: which devices are checking in, OS and patch state, drift between reported and actual stateOwn managed app distribution for mobile, from app approval through update rolloutPartner with Corporate Security on device posture, device trust signals, and travel devices for international tripsDecide how corporate-issued and BYOD coexist, and own that boundary as the program rolls outYou May Be a Good Fit If YouHave owned a global or multi-region mobile device program end to end, with 8+ years managing corporate fleets at thousands-of-devices scaleGo deep on iOS device management: enrollment flows, Apple Business Manager and ADE, APNs and certificate lifecycle, declarative device managementHave worked with Android device management and can hold your own in a mixed fleetTreat device configuration as code and have moved past clicking in consolesHave run the infrastructure under an MDM, not just administered a SaaS console: a self-hosted MDM server, AWS, Terraform, and configuration that ships as codeHave built or launched a corporate device program, not just operated one, and can decide how it coexists with BYODExcel at ambiguous problems that touch several teams at onceCommunicate technical concepts clearly to any audienceView IT Engineering as requiring product engineering rigorWrite clear documentation as a natural part of your workflowStrong Candidates May AlsoHave managed ChromeOS devices alongside a mobile fleetHave run a device program across multiple regions and dealt with the logistics that come with itHave built automated, progressive rollout systems with promotion gated on telemetryBring proficiency in Swift for building device toolingHave used LLMs to automate operational work, or are excited to make Claude a teammateTechnical SkillsPython and shell scriptingiOS and Android platform internals (depth on iOS, working knowledge of Android)Modern MDM or UEM platforms (Jamf, Intune, Workspace ONE, or equivalent)Running the infrastructure under an MDM (self-hosted servers, AWS GCP, Terraform)Querying live device state at fleet scaleMobile device lifecycle automation (enrollment, policy, patching, app distribution)GitOps and CI for configuration managementEndpoint security fundamentalsDeadline to apply: None. Applications will be received on a rolling basis.The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.Annual Salary:$285,000 - $325,000 USDLogisticsMinimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experienceRequired field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experienceMinimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the positionLocation-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.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. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.How We're DifferentWe believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.Come Work With Us!Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.