Applied AI Engineer: Build with Claude for Startups

EngineersOfAI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to act as a trusted technical advisor for tech-forward companies deploying on the Claude Developer Platform. You will guide implementation, agent design, and scalable architectures to help customers build with Claude.

In partnership with Applied AI Architects and cross-functional teams, you will craft evaluation frameworks, production-grade documentation, and reusable resources that accelerate real-world AI deployments while maintaining safety and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder.
• Experience in a customer-facing or pre-sales technical role - partnering with customers to scope, design, and deliver solutions.
• Production experience building LLM-powered applications, including prompting, context engineering, agent architectures, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale.
• Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python and experience building production applications.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a deep technical advisor to high-growth, tech-forward companies, working alongside them to build innovative use cases that push the boundaries of AI
• Work hands-on with customer engineering teams: pair programming, architecture reviews, and code contributions that accelerate their development
• Develop prototypes and technical documentation—including evaluation suites, AI engineering techniques, and architecture diagrams—that enable customers to build and scale with Claude
• Collaborate closely with Applied AI Architects to maintain context and continuity across customer engagements
• Identify patterns across engagements and contribute insights back to Product, Engineering, and the broader Applied AI team
• Create technical content for developer audiences including documentation, tutorials, and sample code
• Foster community engagement through hackathons, webinars, technical office hours, and developer-focused events
• Travel to customer sites for workshops, implementation support, and relationship building

Skills

Python

LLM deployment

Agent design

Technical communication

Pre-sales experience

Tools

Git

Docker

Cloud platforms

Job description

Anthropic is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to act as a trusted technical advisor for tech-forward companies deploying on the Claude Developer Platform. You will guide implementation, agent design, and scalable architectures to help customers build with Claude.

In partnership with Applied AI Architects and cross-functional teams, you will craft evaluation frameworks, production-grade documentation, and reusable resources that accelerate real-world AI deployments while maintaining safety and