Staff Plus Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

We are looking for software engineers to help build safety and oversight mechanisms for our AI systems. As a software engineer on the Safeguards team, you will work to monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well-being This role will focus on building distributed and scalable systems to detect unwanted model behaviors and prevent disallowed use of models. You will apply your technical skills to uphold our principles of safety, transparency, and oversight while enforcing our terms of service and acceptable use policies Independently scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects, from an ambiguous starting point through to a production system Develop monitoring systems to detect unwanted behaviors from our API partners and potentially take automated enforcement actions; surface these in internal dashboards to analysts for manual review Stand up and run deployments of those monitoring systems across multiple clouds, including inside cloud-provider partner environments where data residency laws apply. Keep the deployments consistent through shared deployment pipelines, smoke tests, observability, and alerting Design and harden the sandboxed runtime that AI agents execute in: isolation, network egress controls, least-privilege data access, audit logging, and insider-risk controls Manage cost and capacity for large volumes of long-running agent work, and set and meet service-level objectives for the platform Partner with the engineers and researchers who write and evaluate the monitoring agents, and with security, privacy, and legal teams, so new detection work can ship quickly on a platform everyone trusts Benefits Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility 22 weeks of paid parental leave Flexible paid time off and absence policies Mental health support for you and your dependents Competitive salary and equity packages Optional equity donation matching at a 1:1 ratio, up to 25% of your equity grant Retirement plans with competitive matching Life and income protection plans $500/month flexible wellness and time saver stipend Commuter benefits Annual education stipend Home office stipends Relocation support for those moving for Anthropic Daily meals and snacks in the office Qualifications Have worked across multiple cloud providers, or built infrastructure designed to be provider-agnostic Proficiency in Python, Distributed Systems, and Infrastructure as Code Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Have experience with sandboxing and isolation technologies (containers, microVMs, network policy) or with a systems language such as Rust Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience Have built and operated large-scale, distributed infrastructure, such as data platforms, control planes, or job schedulers 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 Have experience with integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation 8+ years of experience in a software engineering position, not including internships Have experience running LLM-based agents in production Have built systems that handle sensitive or regulated data, with requirements around access control, auditability, retention, and data residency #J-18808-Ljbffr Anthropic