Senior Red Team Engineer – AI Security & Offensive Testing

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

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen red team capabilities and safeguard our AI systems across cloud, endpoints, and on-premises deployments.

You will conduct red and purple team engagements, perform high-value penetrations, and contribute to AI-assisted security tooling, working with blue teams to translate findings into actionable risk roadmaps. This role follows a location-based hybrid policy with in-office presence 25% or more as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on red teaming and offensive security experience.
• Deep expertise in at least two: 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 and prioritize fixes.
• Collaborative approach with blue teams.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Red team operations

Cloud security

Kubernetes

Python/Go

Adversarial simulations

Risk communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity/CS

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen red team capabilities and safeguard our AI systems across cloud, endpoints, and on-premises deployments.

You will conduct red and purple team engagements, perform high-value penetrations, and contribute to AI-assisted security tooling, working with blue teams to translate findings into actionable risk roadmaps. This role follows a location-based hybrid policy with in-office presence 25% or more as needed.