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Staff+ Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering

New York, NY · full time · Lead / Staff / Principal

$320,000 – $485,000

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What this role is

Build the data pipelines, observability tools, and operational systems that track and optimize Anthropic's massive AI infrastructure across multiple cloud providers and accelerator families. This role suits engineers comfortable moving between data engineering, systems work, and infrastructure monitoring, who thrive with high autonomy and can operate Kubernetes at scale.

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What they ask for

Required

Production systems engineering and operations experience
Python and SQL at production quality
Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Observability stack experience including Prometheus, PromQL, and Grafana
Ability to gather requirements and work across organizational boundaries in ambiguous environments

Nice to have

Capacity planning, resource management, or cost attribution experience at a hyperscaler or large-scale ML environment
Scheduling and packing efficiency or profiling-driven optimization of distributed workloads
Multi-cloud data ingestion experience with billing exports and vendor telemetry normalization
Total cost of ownership and forecasting experience
Accelerator infrastructure familiarity (GPU metrics, TPU utilization, etc.)
Internal data product building experience with self-service access and schema contracts
Storage efficiency and lifecycle program experience at scale