National Security Applied AI Engineer (Onsite)

Anthropic; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 280,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Flexible working hours

Job summary

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

You will collaborate with Sales, Product, and Engineering to translate mission needs into technical solutions, build pilots, and deliver assessments and executive

Qualifications

• 4+ years in technical roles such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Product Engineer, Software Engineer, or Technical Product Manager.
• Strong programming skills in Python or TypeScript and production experience with Claude products.
• Experience in cyber, cryptography, intelligence, or mission systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a specialist technical advisor for national security programs, guiding discovery, evaluation, deployment and adoption.
• Support customer development with Claude Code, Claude API, and Claude for Enterprise.
• Translate mission requirements into technical solutions with account teams.
• Develop pilots, prototypes, and evaluation suites to influence integrations.
• Lead hands-on workshops and code reviews with customer engineers.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Cyber operations

Cryptography

Intelligence analysis

Mission systems

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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

You will collaborate with Sales, Product, and Engineering to translate mission needs into technical solutions, build pilots, and deliver assessments and executive