Endpoint Platform Engineer: MDM & Secure Fleet

Anthropic; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 285,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking an experienced Endpoint Platform Engineer to own our MDM platform end to end for macOS, Linux, and mobile fleets. You will manage infrastructure as code, patching pipelines, and telemetry to validate device trust.

You will collaborate with Security on hardening and compliance controls, and with developer and infra teams to keep controls unobtrusive. This role emphasizes autonomy, architecture decisions, and contributing to the endpoint roadmap in a fast-growing,

Qualifications

• 8+ years building secure IT systems in complex environments, including leading projects across multiple teams.
• Have managed endpoint fleets of thousands of macOS devices through a modern MDM
• Treat endpoint configuration as code that is version controlled and peer reviewed, rather than clicking in consoles
• Go deep on macOS internals such as launchd, configuration profiles, TCC, and system extensions
• Write Python and shell scripts
• Write design docs and runbooks so teammates can review and support what you build

Responsibilities

• Own endpoint configuration as code: author, review, test, and progressively roll out MDM policies, configuration profiles, and remediation scripts across macOS and mobile, with canary stages and rollback built in
• Operate the MDM platform itself as a production service, including infrastructure as code, observability, upgrades, and incident response
• Build patch management automation with rapid enforcement timelines while maintaining good user experience
• Design zero touch provisioning that turns a sealed box into a productive machine on day one
• Support a small number of Linux machines alongside the Mac fleet
• Turn fleet telemetry into policy, dashboards, and early drift warnings, and use Claude to automate manual ops work
• Partner with Corporate Security on endpoint hardening, binary authorization, and compliance controls
• Take shifts on the team’s rotation for incoming requests and escalations, and serve as the deep escalation tier for endpoint issues IT Operations can’t resolve

Skills

Python

Shell scripting

macOS internals

MDM

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Munki

osquery

AutoPkg

Job description

Anthropic is seeking an experienced Endpoint Platform Engineer to own our MDM platform end to end for macOS, Linux, and mobile fleets. You will manage infrastructure as code, patching pipelines, and telemetry to validate device trust.

You will collaborate with Security on hardening and compliance controls, and with developer and infra teams to keep controls unobtrusive. This role emphasizes autonomy, architecture decisions, and contributing to the endpoint roadmap in a fast-growing,