Offensive Security Engineer — Red Team for AI Security

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Anthropic Limited in San Francisco hires a Senior Security Engineer to perform red/purple team engagements across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, and bare metal deployments, and to drive AI-assisted security testing tooling with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years in red teaming, deep cloud/security expertise (GCP/AWS/Azure, Kubernetes), and strong Python/Go coding skills; the candidate will translate findings into actionable risk insights and contribute to security roadmaps in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations.
• Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux security, Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively.
• Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments.
• Strong engineering skills (Python, Go, or similar).
• Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across our cloud infrastructure, endpoints and bare metal deployments.
• Penetration test specific, high value deployments.
• Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tooling and workflows.
• Work cross functionally with other security and engineering teams, particularly on AI-specific attack scenarios.
• Document and present findings to technical and executive audiences, translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights that inform security roadmaps.

Skills

Red team operations

Cloud security

Python

Go

Kubernetes

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Anthropic Limited in San Francisco hires a Senior Security Engineer to perform red/purple team engagements across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, and bare metal deployments, and to drive AI-assisted security testing tooling with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years in red teaming, deep cloud/security expertise (GCP/AWS/Azure, Kubernetes), and strong Python/Go coding skills; the candidate will translate findings into actionable risk insights and contribute to security roadmaps in a