Threat Intelligence Engineer

Anthropic; Washington, San Francisco (District of Columbia, CA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Threat Intelligence Engineer to build scalable threat discovery infrastructure and data pipelines. You will integrate external data sources, develop detection systems for automated lead generation, and create internal tooling that scales investigators' impact.

This role offers a foundation on a small, high‑impact team; you will take projects from concept to production, working closely with investigators to understand needs and drive improvements in detection and enrichment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Experience building detection logic, data pipelines, and automation using Python/SQL.
• Familiarity with threat intelligence concepts (IOCs, YARA, threat correlation).
• Experience integrating external APIs and building data ingestion systems.
• Ability to translate investigator needs into technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build automated detection systems that identify abusive behavior using disparate signals.
• Develop production-grade data pipelines with monitoring and logging.
• Create and maintain YARA rule infrastructure and testing tools.
• Integrate external threat intel platforms (VirusTotal, Censys, Urlscan) via MCP servers.
• Leverage data sources (RSS, CTI news) to generate targeted hunting queries.
• Develop behavioral analytics capabilities and audit logging infrastructure.
• Collaborate with investigators to tune detections and reduce false positives.
• Scrape and normalize data from external sources for detection workflows.

Skills

Python

SQL

Airflow

DBT

Threat intelligence

APIs

Data pipelines

Communication

Threat correlation

LLM automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

YARA

MCP servers

VirusTotal integration

Censys

Urlscan

MISP

STIX/TAXII

Job description

Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC

About the Role

We are looking for a Threat Intelligence Engineer to join our Threat Intelligence team. In this role, you will build the infrastructure that powers our threat discovery capabilities—integrating external data sources, developing detection systems for automated lead generation, and creating internal tooling that scales our investigators' impact.

This is a foundational engineering role on a small, high-impact team. You will take projects from proof‑of‑concept to production, work closely with investigators to understand their needs, and help scale what may become a multi‑person collections function.

Responsibilities

• Build automated detection systems that use disparate signals to identify abusive behavior.
• Take systems from idea to proof‑of‑concept to production‑grade with appropriate monitoring, documentation, and maintenance processes.
• Develop and maintain YARA rule infrastructure, including tools for writing, validating, and testing rules against real data.
• Create integrations with external threat intelligence platforms (e.g. VirusTotal, Censys, Urlscan) via MCP servers to enable multi‑source correlation during investigations.
• Build data pipelines that ingest intelligence from RSS feeds, CTI news sources, and partner sharing, using Claude to extract TTPs and generate targeted hunting queries.
• Develop behavioral analytics capabilities using DBT‑based frameworks and create searchable audit logging infrastructure.
• Establish feedback loops with investigators to tune detection systems and reduce false positives.
• Scrape and normalize data from external sources to feed threat detection and enrichment workflows.

You may be a good fit if you

• Have strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL for building detection logic, data pipelines, and automation.
• Have experience with data pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow, DBT, or similar).
• Have familiarity with threat intelligence concepts including IOCs, YARA rules, and threat correlation techniques.
• Have experience integrating external APIs and building data ingestion systems.
• Can translate investigator needs and workflows into technical requirements.
• Are comfortable building v0 systems and iterating based on user feedback.
• Have strong communication skills for working closely with non‑engineering stakeholders.

Strong candidates may also have

• Experience with threat intelligence sharing frameworks (e.g. MISP, STIX/TAXII).
• Background in cyber threat intelligence, security operations, or abuse detection.
• Experience building MCP servers or similar tool integrations for AI systems.
• Familiarity with web scraping and data extraction at scale.
• Experience with behavioral analytics or anomaly detection systems.
• Understanding of LLM capabilities and how to leverage them for automation.

Compensation Range

$320,000 - $405,000 USD

Logistics

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position.
• Location‑based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As set forth in Anthropic’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.