Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Distributed Systems (Hybrid)
Anthropic Limited
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Job summary
Anthropic Limited in London, UK, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Infrastructure (Distributed Systems). You will lead multi-month infrastructure initiatives, define architectural directions, and collaborate with research and product teams to build scalable, secure systems.
The role emphasizes reliability and cross-team technical leadership. Ideal candidates will have deep experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms, plus a passion for building robust, auditable
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science or related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong background in distributed systems and large-scale infra.
Responsibilities
- Independently scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects
- Make architectural decisions shaping foundations other engineers build on
- Drive alignment on technical direction across teams
- Partner with research and product teams to translate needs into designs
- Own reliability, scalability, and security as usage grows
- Set technical strategy and standards for the team
- Improve incident response, postmortems, and on-call processes
- Mentor engineers and raise technical bar
- Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems in production
- Deliver complex projects from start to finish in ambiguous contexts
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Job description
Anthropic Limited in London, UK, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Infrastructure (Distributed Systems). You will lead multi-month infrastructure initiatives, define architectural directions, and collaborate with research and product teams to build scalable, secure systems.
The role emphasizes reliability and cross-team technical leadership. Ideal candidates will have deep experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms, plus a passion for building robust, auditable
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