Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector

EngineersOfAI; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to support a national security mission, advising on architecture and evaluation for Claude-based deployments. You will work closely with customer teams, guiding discovery to on-site deployment in secure environments while upholding safety standards.

Responsibilities include technical workshops, pilot development, and cross-team collaboration with Sales, Product, and Engineering to deliver mission-focused AI solutions and ensure reliable, scalable

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience in US intelligence contexts as civilian or contractor.
• 4+ years in technical roles serving customers.
• Strong Python or TypeScript programming skills.
• Experience with LLMs and AI product stacks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a specialist technical advisor for national security programs, guiding discovery through deployment.
• Support customer builds with Claude Code, Claude API, and Claude for Enterprise.
• Translate mission requirements into technical solutions with account teams.
• Influence architecture choices and integration into customer stacks.
• Develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude performance on mission use cases.
• Lead hands-on workshops and code reviews with customer teams.
• Identify design patterns and share insights with Product/Engineering.
• Create technical content from deep dives to executive briefings.
• Maintain knowledge of latest LLM capabilities and AI stacks.
• Work on-site with customer teams in secure facilities and coordinate with internal teams.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Production-grade apps

Customer-facing

Tools

Claude API

Claude Code

Job description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

As a member of the Applied AI team at Anthropic, you will be an Applied AI Engineer supporting a dedicated national security mission program. You will be the customer's trusted technical advisor, working closely with their engineering and mission teams as they build and ship new capabilities powered by Claude: advising on architecture design decisions, developing evaluation frameworks, and guiding them through the most cutting-edge implementation patterns for LLMs.

Working closely with our Sales, Product, and Engineering teams, you'll guide the customer from technical discovery through successful deployment, much of it on-site in secure environments. You'll combine deep engineering expertise and cyber domain knowledge with customer-facing skills to help the customer unlock the full potential of Claude and move their mission capabilities closer to the frontier, while maintaining our high standards for safety and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a specialist technical advisor for one or more national security mission programs, from discovery and evaluation through deployment and adoption, coordinating internally across multiple teams to drive customer success




• Support the customer as they build with Claude Code, the Claude API, and Claude for Enterprise




• Partner with account executives and Applied AI Architects to translate mission requirements into technical solutions




• Influence technical architecture decisions and integration into the customer's existing stack by developing customized pilots, prototypes, and evaluation suites




• Help develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude's performance for mission-specific use cases




• Lead hands‑on technical workshops and code reviews with customer engineering teams




• Identify common design patterns and contribute insights back to our Product and Engineering teams




• Create and deliver technical content, from engineering deep dives to executive briefings




• Maintain strong knowledge of the latest developments in LLM capabilities, implementation patterns, and AI product development stacks




• Work primarily on‑site with the customer's engineering and mission teams in secure government facilities, while maintaining close internal coordination and feedback with Anthropic's Applied AI and Engineering teams

Minimum qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph




• Prior experience working within US intelligence community agencies as a government civilian or cleared contractor




• 4+ years of experience in technical roles such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Product Engineer, Software Engineer, or Technical Product Manager, with a desire to work closely with customers




• Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python or TypeScript and experience building production applications




• Hands‑on expertise in one or more of the following domains:

  
  
  
  

  • Offensive or defensive cyber operations (including vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and IC/OT security)

  
  

  • Cryptography and cryptanalysis

  
  

  • Intelligence analysis and ISR (all-source, SIGINT, GEOINT)

  
  

  • Mission and weapons systems (command and control, space, electronic warfare, autonomy)

  
  

  • CBRN and nonproliferation

  
  

  • Accreditation of classified systems (RMF, ATO, cross-domain solutions)

  
  
  
  



• Exceptional communication skills to convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders, from engineers to executives, while maintaining a low ego an