# Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Scaling

Hiring organization: [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a606404e-6444-469f-89ff-94ee00a712a7

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 320000 – 485000 USD per year

## Summary

Build and operate the distributed systems that serve Claude inference to millions of users across multiple cloud providers and AI accelerators. This role suits experienced systems engineers who want to tackle large-scale infrastructure challenges while supporting both production reliability and cutting-edge AI research.

_Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Autoscaling, Kubernetes, Load Balancing, Microsoft Azure, Python, Rust

## Required

- Significant software engineering experience with distributed systems
- Results-oriented with bias towards flexibility and impact
- Willingness to work beyond defined job scope
- Motivation to learn machine learning systems and infrastructure
- Thrive where technical excellence drives business results and research
- Care about societal impacts of AI work

## Nice to have

- High-performance large-scale distributed systems experience
- Machine learning systems deployment at scale
- Load balancing, request routing, or traffic management experience
- LLM inference optimization, batching, and caching knowledge
- Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure experience
- Python or Rust proficiency

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5400012008