Claude Platform Startup AI Architect

Anthropic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Anthropic is hiring an Applied AI Architect for the Startups team to partner with founders and engineers, guiding them from discovery to deployment on the Claude Developer Platform. You will translate startup needs into technically sound architectures and help win evaluations by building credible use-case frameworks.

You will collaborate with Account Executives and cross-functional teams to demonstrate Claude’s value, design robust evaluation patterns, and travel for workshops and events.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder who has done founder-led sales
• Experience working with startups or high-growth technology companies; you understand the velocity and constraints of early-stage companies
• Strong builder credibility through experience as a software engineer or technical founder; you speak the language of builders and have the presence to earn the trust of technical founders and startup engineering teams
• Deep technical proficiency with building and scaling AI products, a pulse on AI engineering best practices, and the ability to demonstrate why Claude is the best foundation
• Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications in production, with expertise in context engineering, evaluation frameworks, and modern AI architectures
• Strong technical communication skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts into actionable insights for founders and engineering teams
• Track record of selling technical products in competitive markets
• Comfortable with Python and familiarity with common LLM frameworks, tools, and integration patterns
• Passion for making powerful technology safe and societally beneficial

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives to deeply understand startup requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the Claude adoption journey from initial evaluation through deployment and expansion
• Win technical evaluations that demonstrate why Claude is the best foundation for what startups are building, helping them develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude's performance for their specific use cases
• Build technical credibility with founders, founding engineers, and startup engineering teams by speaking their language, understanding their build patterns, and guiding technical architecture decisions
• Gather insights on how startups are building with Claude, identify emerging use cases and deployment patterns, and deliver feedback to Product and Engineering teams
• Travel to customer sites, startup-focused events, and industry conferences for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building

Skills

Solutions Architect

Sales Engineer

Builder-oriented

Python

LLM frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Claude Platform

Job description

Anthropic is hiring an Applied AI Architect for the Startups team to partner with founders and engineers, guiding them from discovery to deployment on the Claude Developer Platform. You will translate startup needs into technically sound architectures and help win evaluations by building credible use-case frameworks.

You will collaborate with Account Executives and cross-functional teams to demonstrate Claude’s value, design robust evaluation patterns, and travel for workshops and events.