Application Security Engineer @ Anthropic
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About Anthropic
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for users and society. Our team consists of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together on this important task.
About the Role
The Application Security Engineer at Anthropic is a hands-on technical position that integrates security into every phase of the software development lifecycle. In this role, you will work closely with software engineers and researchers to ensure security is prioritized from design through implementation.
- Lead threat modeling and secure design reviews
- Develop tools to enable secure coding best practices
- Manage vulnerability programs and bug bounty initiatives
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed security in processes
- Develop security policies, standards, and training for engineers
Responsibilities
- Secure AI products and internal tools facing novel security risks.
- Conduct secure design reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments.
- Create tooling for security code reviews and vulnerability remediation.
- Oversee the vulnerability management and bug bounty programs.
- Advocate for best practices like least privilege and defense-in-depth.
You May Be a Good Fit If You
- Have 5+ years in application and infrastructure security.
- Can lead security initiatives with a collaborative mindset.
- Possess strong offensive security knowledge and developer skills.
- Have experience with modern application stacks and cloud environments.
- Are skilled at simplifying complex security concepts.
Strong Candidates May Also
- Have hands-on experience with cloud, container, and microservices security.
- Be familiar with offensive security techniques like pen testing and bug bounties.
- Have built security tools and automated remediation systems.
- Exhibit excellent communication to simplify complex security topics.
Logistics & Compensation
Annual Salary: $300,000 - $405,000 USD. Education required is at least a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Location-based hybrid policy: Must be in office at least 25% of the time.
Visa sponsorship is available with certain limitations.
Key skills/competency
- application security
- threat modeling
- secure design
- vulnerability management
- bug bounty
- cloud security
- containerization
- secure coding
- AI security
- infrastructure security
How to Get Hired at Anthropic
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Anthropic's culture: Review their mission, values, and recent research.
- Customize your resume: Highlight relevant security engineering experience.
- Showcase technical skills: Include cloud, container, and coding experience.
- Prepare for interviews: Anticipate questions on threat modeling and secure design.