Software Engineer, ML Networking
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · AI Research & Engineering · listed September 23, 2025
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
5+ years
Where
Hybrid
Stated pay
$280,000 – $850,000 USD
Requirements listed
5
Length
920 words
In the posting’s own words
A systems-level engineer specializing in network infrastructure and network optimization, with expertise in building and maintaining software that interacts with networks. You will be responsible for writing and maintaining software that interfaces between our accelerators and our high-speed networks. This role requires deep technical knowledge of network protocols, kernel-space and/or user-space networks, interfacing with hardware, and the ability to debug and optimize distributed software at the network level.
What it asks for · 5
- Expert-level proficiency with network protocols and networking concepts
- Demonstrated ability to design new network protocols
- Experience with PCIe and drivers for PCIe devices
- Expertise in algorithms used in networking, including compression and graph algorithms
- 5+ years of experience in systems programming or network programming
Also a plus
- Understanding of ML accelerators and accelerator drivers
- Demonstrated ability to design new network protocols
- Experience with PCIe and drivers for PCIe devices
- Expertise in algorithms used in networking, including compression and graph algorithms
- Experience programming on SmartNICs
- 5+ years of experience in systems programming or network programming
- Often comes from backgrounds in: HPC, telecommunications, host networking software, OS/kernel engineering, or embedded systems
- Strong debugging mindset with patience for complex, multi-layered issues
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems
Languages
- Rust
Models & research
- Machine learning
Words the posting leans on
- network12×
- networking8×
- programming7×
- systems7×
- software6×
- algorithms4×
- accelerators3×
- drivers3×
- experience3×
- network protocols3×
- build2×
- collective2×
- debug2×
- deep2×
- distributed2×
- engineering2×
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