Applied AI Architect, Democratic Partnerships

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As a member of the Applied AI, Democratic Partnerships team at Anthropic you will provide technical support to the governments of key international allies and civil-sector partners to support democratic resilience. Near-term work focuses on a few priority countries and partners, and will continue to expand with capacity. This role serves Anthropic's mission and public benefit goals.

What it asks for · 10

• 4+ years of experience as a Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Cybersecurity Engineer, working with governments, civil-sector organizations, or the public sector
• Experience shipping software in imperfect conditions, and a practical approach to infrastructure constraints
• Designed novel and innovative solutions for technical platforms in a developing mission area
• Comfort working directly with partner technical teams, and motivation to work on deployments where the stakes are civic rather than commercial
• Strong technical aptitude to partner with engineers and strong proficiency in at least one programming language (Python preferred)
• Understanding of and experience with LLM fundamentals
• The ability to navigate and execute amidst ambiguity, and to flex into different domains based on the problem at hand, finding simple, easy-to-understand solutions
• Excitement for engaging in cross-organizational collaboration, working through trade-offs, and balancing competing priorities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to convey complicated topics in easily understandable terms to a diverse set of external and internal stakeholders, from engineers to senior government officials
• Passion for thinking creatively about how to use technology in a way that is safe and beneficial, and ultimately furthers the goal of advancing safe AI systems

What the job covers

• Work directly with partner technical teams to build and ship Claude deployments. Guide their setup, architecture, and integration as they build with Claude Code and the Claude API.
• Build pilots and repeatable workflows that can scale across partner agencies, and support developer and university enablement.
• Document how to deploy Claude in low-connectivity, multilingual, and security-conscious environments, for reuse across partners.
• Act as the voice of our partners in frontline democracies and a key collaborator with our Product and Research teams to ensure we deliver the capabilities they need.
• Travel internationally to partner institutions for technical enablement and building relationships.
• Establish a shared vision for creating solutions that enable beneficial and safe AI.
• Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of innovative solutions that leverage our latest models’ capabilities.
• Support partner deployments in areas such as education, cyber resiliency and global health.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• partner19×
• engineer12×
• technical12×
• solutions10×
• claude9×
• build7×
• deployments7×
• experience6×
• safe6×
• support6×
• governments5×
• area4×
• beneficial4×
• capabilities4×
• directly4×
• enablement4×

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