# Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Interpretability at Anthropic

> Open role observed by RunReq as of 2026-08-30T19:45:39.215537+00:00.

## Role details

- Company: [Anthropic](http://runreq.com/company/anthropic/index.md)
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Team: AI Research & Engineering
- Compensation: $320K–$485K /YR
- First observed: 2026-08-13T13:55:48.042938+00:00
- Days open: 17
- Employer posting: [View the authoritative posting](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5388612008)

## Shortened description

### Key responsibilities

- Design and operate shared infrastructure for interpretability research environments, data systems, and compute tools.
- Lead work with engineering, security, compute, storage, and platform teams to meet research needs.
- Resolve major developer experience issues and build tooling and observability for researchers.
- Help move interpretability methods from research code into dependable audit pipelines.

### Qualifications needed

- Proficiency in at least one programming language and productivity with Python.
- Significant experience building and operating secure, scalable infrastructure, such as cloud systems, distributed systems, or developer tools.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or experience in a relevant field.
- Preferred: Experience with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, infrastructure-as-code, security engineering, large-scale storage, compute schedulers, or developer tools.

## Hiring context

- Open roles on this team: 66
- Newly observed on this team in 30 days: 6
- Company median days open: 44

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