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Staff+ Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
66 days
Anthropic's roles stay open a median of 62 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Anthropic's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Anthropic
high
449 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
2026-10-08

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 a Staff+ Software Engineer on the Capacity Engineering team at Anthropic, you will develop production systems that manage and optimize infrastructure resources across a large AI fleet. Your responsibilities will include building data pipelines, observability tools, and performance instrumentation, while collaborating with various teams to ensure efficient resource allocation and utilization. This role requires hands-on engineering skills and the ability to navigate a high-autonomy environment, focusing on data accuracy and operational efficiency.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
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

  • Strong track record building and operating production systems
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL at production quality
  • Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure)
  • Experience with observability tooling stack including Prometheus, PromQL, and Grafana
  • Ability to gather requirements and work across organizational boundaries in an ambiguous environment

Nice to have

  • Experience with capacity planning, resource management, or cost attribution systems at a hyperscaler
  • Scheduling and packing efficiency experience or profiling-driven optimization of large distributed workloads
  • Multi-cloud data ingestion experience, especially normalizing billing exports and vendor telemetry
  • Total cost of ownership and forecasting experience
  • Familiarity with accelerator infrastructure and GPU metrics

What you get

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Collaborative office space

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond hybrid policy
  • High level of ambiguity in role responsibilities may require strong self-direction
  • The role involves significant cross-team collaboration which may vary in complexity

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Listed by Anthropic on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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