Anthropic

Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform Security

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA

Posted 20 days ago

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This role has been open
20 days
Anthropic's roles stay open a median of 40 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Anthropic's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Anthropic
high
276 stale, 19 reposted of 603 open
Hiring momentum
795 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Anthropic's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Anthropic.

About this role

As an Engineering Manager for Hardware Platform Security at Anthropic, you will lead a team focused on platform security engineering, overseeing areas such as firmware research, OS and kernel hardening, and platform trust integration. Your role involves managing the security posture of compute platforms, driving the platform security roadmap, and collaborating with various teams and external vendors to ensure robust security measures are in place. This position requires hands-on management, where you will review designs and make critical decisions regarding security trade-offs.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Anthropic as an employer.

What you need

  • 10+ years in systems security, with at least 5 years focused on firmware, hardware, or OS-level security
  • 5+ years as a people manager of security or systems engineers
  • Ability to go from architecture to implementation detail with engineers
  • Experience owning a technical roadmap end to end
  • Direct experience with silicon vendors, OEMs, or cloud and bare-metal providers on security requirements
  • Strong written communication skills for design reviews, risk assessments, and executive status updates

Nice to have

  • Experience managing a mixed team of full-time engineers, contractors, and vendor engineers
  • Hands-on background in OpenBMC or other server management firmware
  • Record of upstream contributions or maintainership in Linux, OpenBMC, or a comparable community
  • Experience securing large-scale HPC or AI training infrastructure
  • Firmware vulnerability research, reverse engineering, or fuzzing background

What you get

  • Competitive compensation
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Lovely office space for collaboration
  • Optional equity donation matching

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack used
  • Role requires managing external vendor relationships, which can be complex
  • Position involves significant responsibility for security posture, which may lead to high pressure

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Listed by Anthropic on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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