Staff Software Engineer — Datacenter Buildout & Tooling

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 485,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic Limited is seeking a senior software engineer to join the frontier AI infrastructure effort. You will work closely with datacenter, energy, and supply chain teams to design and implement core systems that track sites, designs, BOMs, equipment, and construction progress.

You will migrate messy data, reconcile spreadsheets, and integrate with industry tools while building trust through robust permissions and data quality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience in a professional setting.
• Experience building software that supports physical-world operations (datacenters, construction, energy, supply chain).
• Proven ability to work in startup or startup-like environments and deliver from zero to one.

Responsibilities

• Build core software systems supporting datacenter lifecycle: sites, designs, BOMs, equipment, construction progress.
• Embed with datacenter, energy, and supply chain teams to map workflows and enable frontline teams.
• Migrate/clean legacy data, reconcile spreadsheets, and integrate with industry tools (construction mgmt, scheduling, engineering).
• Design for trust with permissions, auditability, and data quality for strategic decisions.
• Ship early, iterate with users, and remove features that don’t help bring compute online sooner.
• Collaborate with research to align model capabilities with engineering and physical-world needs.

Skills

Full-stack development

Data modeling

APIs

Databases

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Procore

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Primavera P6

PLM/BOM

ERP & procurement

CAD/BIM

DCIM

Job description

Anthropic Limited is seeking a senior software engineer to join the frontier AI infrastructure effort. You will work closely with datacenter, energy, and supply chain teams to design and implement core systems that track sites, designs, BOMs, equipment, and construction progress.

You will migrate messy data, reconcile spreadsheets, and integrate with industry tools while building trust through robust permissions and data quality.