Staff Plus Software Engineer (Platform Distribution)

Anthropic; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Fertility benefits

Parental leave 22 weeks

Flexible paid time off

Mental health support

Competitive salary

Equity packages

Relocation support

Home office stipend

Commuter benefits

Education stipend

Daily meals in the office

Job summary

Anthropic's Claude Platform is growing rapidly. The Distribution team transforms how and where we deploy it, making Claude API a cloud-native, managed product across AWS, GCP, and Azure with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and operations.

As a backend/platform engineer, you will own large-scale infrastructure, drive cross-team projects from design to production, and help expand enterprise readiness with multi-tenant architectures and data residency features.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems, ideally at tech lead level or equivalent.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) at scale and/or Enterprise SaaS in a multi-tenant context with security, compliance or data residency background.
• Own large-scale infrastructure systems and lead ambiguous, cross-team technical projects from design through production, independently.
• Take a product-focused approach to platform work and build robust, scalable, easy-to-adopt solutions.

Responsibilities

• Make the Claude Platform a best-in-class offering on cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) by delivering API, control plane, and features through provider front doors.
• Collaborate across Infrastructure, Systems, Networking, Databases, Inference, and other teams to solve deep technical problems at scale.
• Own work from design through deployment and operations, ensuring enterprise readiness and security/compliance.
• Drive cross-cloud transformations and enable multi-tenant enterprise deployments with data residency considerations.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Job description

• The Claude Platform is growing rapidly and serves developers and enterprises at scale. Reaching the next tier of enterprise customers requires transforming how and where we deploy it, as well as the set of features we support out of the box


• The Distribution team owns that transformation: making the Claude API a cloud-native, managed product that runs wherever our customers need it, cross-cloud and on Anthropic’s own infrastructure, with the enterprise-grade security, compliance, and operational capabilities to support it. This work is split across to major workstreams that are covered in the next section, and we need your help across both


• Claude Platform on the Clouds: You will make the Claude Platform a best in class offering on the Cloud Service Provider’s platform (AWS, GCP, Azure), by bringing our API, control plane and Anthropic features through the provider’s front door


• You’ll do cross-cutting work across the clouds and also have the opportunity to go deeper with CSPs on native integrations across a range of deep technical problems at unprecedented scale. You’ll get to collaborate across the company with teams such as Infrastructure, Systems, Networking, Databases, Inference and more


• Enterprise Readiness: You’ll make our platform even more suitable for Enterprise, shipping next gen enterprise enablement features that unblock our next wave of regulated customers or enable our existing ones to scale further


• You’ll do so in an Enterprise SaaS context, with a specific focus on enterprise growth, security and compliance, with features ranging from key management & encryption, audit APIs, usage visibility, access control, and international data residency. You’ll also partner closely with core teams across the company, as well as collaborate with CSPs to make these available on our cloud platforms

Are proficient in Python, Go, Rust, or similar systems languageOwn large-scale infrastructure systems and lead ambiguous, cross-team technical projects from design through production and can do so independentlyTake a product-focused approach to platform work and care about building solutions that are robust, scalable, and easy to adopt by our customersHave experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) at scale and/or Enterprise SaaS experience in a multi-tenant context, with background in security, compliance or data residency for regulated or sovereign cloud environmentsTake full ownership of your work—from design through deployment and operationsHave a minimum of 8 years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems, ideally operating at tech lead level or equivalentWe 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

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