Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · Engineering & Design - Product · listed April 8, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority

Staff

Experience asked

8+ years

Where

Not stated

Stated pay

$405,000 – $485,000 USD

Requirements listed

Length

1,742 words

In the posting’s own words

We have multiple teams that are currently hiring. Team placement occurs after the interview process, taking into account your interests and experience alongside organizational needs. This flexible approach allows us to match talented engineers with the backend product efforts where they'll have the greatest impact and growth potential:

What it asks for · 2

Have 8+ years of relevant experience as a backend or product engineer, with a track record of leading complex, multi-month projects or teams as a tech lead or equivalent
Have experience with distributed systems, API design, and cloud infrastructure at scale

Tools and skills named

Security & compliance

Security4×
KYC

Frameworks

Rails2×

Models & research

Inference
LLM

Cloud & infra

Distributed systems

Go to market

Go-to-market

Product & design

User experience

Ways of working

Mentorship

Words the posting leans on

claude18×
product15×
developers11×
platform11×
systems11×
build9×
user9×
api8×
engineers6×
enterprise6×
experience6×
model6×
scale6×
building5×
capabilities5×
customers5×

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