IT Systems Engineer

IT Systems Engineer at Anthropic

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About The Role

The IT Engineering team builds, secures, and maintains the systems and infrastructure that enable every team at Anthropic to do their best work. We're seeking an experienced engineer with deep expertise across IT domains—from endpoint management and identity systems to cloud infrastructure, networking, and SaaS security—who can help design, build, and maintain the tools and processes that enable and empower Anthropic employees.

In this role, you'll work closely with Security, IT Operations, and Engineering to implement zero-trust architectures and defense-in-depth strategies that both enable the business and meet Anthropic's ambitious security objectives. You'll combine hands-on technical implementation with strategic planning and design, lead technical initiatives across multiple workstreams, mentor other engineers, and spearhead projects that enable Anthropic to scale even faster without compromising on security.

You'll apply your experience to help mature foundational IT systems while pioneering innovative solutions unique to the challenges of a leading AI company. Your work will directly shape how we scale to AI Safety Level 4 and beyond.

This role offers significant opportunities to define the future of IT. You'll build systems impacting every employee's daily experience while contributing directly to Anthropic's mission to develop safe, transformative AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure IT infrastructure that scales with rapid growth
• Build automation frameworks that eliminate manual processes and enable self-service
• Lead technical initiatives spanning multiple teams and systems
• Implement robust security controls that maintain user productivity
• Drive architectural decisions through technical analysis and stakeholder input
• Establish engineering best practices and drive adoption across the team
• Create sustainable solutions for vulnerability management and compliance
• Mentor team members and continuously expand your own expertise
• Champion Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices
• Constantly seek new ways to amplify and automate IT with Claude

You may be a good fit if you

• Have 8+ years building secure IT systems in complex environments
• Excel at solving ambiguous problems with multiple stakeholders
• Make evidence-based technical decisions while considering diverse perspectives
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to any audience
• View IT Engineering as requiring product engineering rigor
• Successfully deliver complex projects from conception to production
• Balance strong technical opinions with pragmatic solutions
• Thrive when given ownership of challenging technical problems
• Write clear documentation as a natural part of your workflow
• Actively seek and incorporate feedback

Strong candidates may also

• Have led initiatives requiring coordination across multiple teams
• Transformed traditional IT operations into engineering-driven organizations
• Built strong partnerships with Security and Engineering teams
• Excel at translating between technical and business requirements
• Practice modern development methods (code reviews, testing, CI/CD)
• Have experience building consensus around technical standards
• Demonstrate both mentoring others and learning from peers
• Work effectively in distributed teams

Technical Skills

• Python programming and/or advanced scripting experience
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• AWS or GCP cloud platforms
• Identity protocols (SAML, OAuth, SCIM)
• Heterogeneous environment management (MacOS, ChromeOS, Linux)
• Enterprise SaaS administration and security
• Identity and access management
• CI/CD pipeline design
• Configuration management tools
• Network security
• Modern MDM platforms
• Security frameworks and compliance

Key skills/competency

• Endpoint Management
• Identity Systems
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Networking
• SaaS Security
• Zero-Trust Architecture
• Automation
• Python
• Terraform
• AWS/GCP
• MDM