Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

What it asks for · 6

• Have 10+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating large-scale CI/CD systems
• Have deep experience with CI orchestration tools (Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar)
• Are obsessed with developer productivity and reducing friction in the software development lifecycle
• Have experience with container orchestration at scale
• Have excellent communication skills and enjoy supporting internal partners
• Care deeply about reliability and building systems that "never fail the same way twice"

Also a plus

• Experience with merge queues and branch management at scale
• Experience with test infrastructure, including intelligent test selection and flake management
• Experience building CLI tools and developer-facing services
• GitHub API and automation experience

What the job covers

• Design and build highly reliable, scalable CI infrastructure that supports thousands of daily builds across multiple cloud providers
• Develop intelligent test selection systems that reduce CI time while maintaining code quality
• Build and improve incident response automation, including cluster load shedding, automatic recovery, and observability tooling
• Improve test infrastructure reliability through flake detection, quarantine systems, and test state management

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• test8×
• experience7×
• infrastructure6×
• systems5×
• management4×
• scale4×
• automation3×
• build3×
• code quality3×
• developer productivity3×
• improve3×
• intelligent test3×
• reliability3×
• test infrastructure3×
• test selection3×
• cloud providers2×

Counted from the posting after the mission statement and the legal notices are set aside. The ones near the top are the ones a screener is looking for.

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