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$405,000 – $485,000
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What this role is
This role leads security architecture across Anthropic's AI infrastructure, designing systems for identity management, developer security, and cryptographic foundations while mentoring the security team and shaping security culture. It suits experienced security engineers comfortable with ownership of large-scale systems, ambiguity, and cross-functional collaboration in an AI safety context.
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What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with deep security expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Strong programming in Python or a systems language (Go, Rust, C/C++)
- Deep understanding of identity systems and cryptographic primitives
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes security (RBAC, namespaces, network policies)
- Experience leading cross-functional security initiatives
- Excellent communication skills across organizational levels
- Track record of solving ambiguous technical problems independently
Nice to have
- Experience designing or operating identity and secrets management for large-scale AI/cloud infrastructure
- Built security frameworks adopted across an organization
- Led a developer security program with supply chain and SDLC integration
- Built CI infrastructure using Nix, Bazel, or Kubernetes with deep toolchain expertise
- Implemented machine identity systems (SPIFFE/SPIRE, mTLS)
- Understanding of Linux internals (namespaces, cgroups, seccomp)
- Multi-cloud security architecture experience
- Network security controls (admission controllers, CNI, service mesh)
- Runtime security monitoring with eBPF or kernel policies