Red Team Security Engineer

Anthropic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Anthropic in San Francisco seeks a Senior Security Engineer to lead red/purple team engagements defending AI systems across cloud, endpoints and on‑prem deployments.

You will test high‑value deployments, contribute to AI‑assisted tooling, and collaborate with blue teams. Requires 5+ years in red teaming, multi-domain security expertise, and Python/Go skills.

This hybrid role offers visa sponsorship and a competitive USD salary range.

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
• Collaborative approach, working in close collaboration with the blue team

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 teaming

Offensive security

Python

Go

Cloud security

Kubernetes

CI/CD security

Threat modeling

Written findings

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Anthropic in San Francisco seeks a Senior Security Engineer to lead red/purple team engagements defending AI systems across cloud, endpoints and on‑prem deployments.

You will test high‑value deployments, contribute to AI‑assisted tooling, and collaborate with blue teams. Requires 5+ years in red teaming, multi-domain security expertise, and Python/Go skills.

This hybrid role offers visa sponsorship and a competitive USD salary range.