Staff+ Software Engineer, Deployment

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We sit within Anthropic's Infrastructure organization and own pipelines, staged rollouts, health-gated promotion, and rollback, along with runtime configuration, feature flags, and the systems that deliver code and artifacts to machines across a very large fleet. You'll own a meaningful part of this end to end, from design through operating it in production.

What it asks for · 4

• Proficiency in at least one backend or systems programming language, such as Rust, Go, C++, or Java
• Experience leading the design, building, and operation of distributed systems or infrastructure in production, including technical direction across teams
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized workloads, such as Kubernetes on AWS or GCP
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Also a plus

• Experience building deployment, release, or change management systems at large scale
• Experience with production on-call and incident response
• Experience with Rust in production
• Experience with progressive delivery and GitOps tooling, such as Argo CD or Argo Rollouts
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, including controllers and operators
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code systems at scale, including state management and locking
• Experience building feature flag, experimentation, or dynamic configuration systems
• Experience with artifact or package distribution, such as OCI registries, Nix, or content-addressed storage

What the job covers

• Set technical direction for major parts of the deployment platform and own them end to end: design, implementation, and operations
• Build rollout safety into the platform, including progressive delivery, health-gated promotion, automatic pause and rollback, and deploy controls that teams manage themselves
• Design APIs and abstractions that work equally well for engineers and for AI agents
• Extend the platform to new workload types and runtimes, from Kubernetes to serverless and edge platforms
• Build and operate runtime configuration and feature flag systems with validation, gradual rollout, and fast rollback
• Build infrastructure-as-code workflows that many teams rely on for safe, routine changes
• Scale artifact distribution so code and configuration reach machines quickly and efficiently
• Partner with Security so that the path to production is secure by default, with verifiable builds, least-privilege access, and auditable changes
• Work directly with teams across Anthropic to understand their deployment needs and bring their workloads onto the platform
• Take part in on-call and incident response, and turn what you learn into guardrails that prevent the same problem from recurring

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• experience13×
• systems10×
• build8×
• change8×
• rollout8×
• design7×
• platform7×
• production7×
• configuration6×
• deployment5×
• artifact4×
• control4×
• end4×
• experience building4×
• feature4×
• flag4×

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