MP
$300,000 – $320,000
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What this role is
Anthropic seeks an experienced security professional to test their AI systems and cloud infrastructure through red team and penetration testing exercises. This role suits someone who enjoys simulating advanced attacks, discovering vulnerabilities, and working closely with defensive teams to improve security practices across complex, sensitive environments.
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years of hands-on red teaming and offensive security operations
- Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux security, Cloud security, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines
- Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and vulnerability chains
- Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments
- Strong engineering skills in Python, Go, or similar language
- Ability to write clear findings that translate attacks into actionable risk insights
Nice to have
- Prior work at organizations with state actor threat models
- Interest in AI safety and how security engineering contributes to responsible AI
- Background testing AI/ML systems or agentic workflows
- Familiarity with detection engineering and SIEM/EDR platforms
- Experience with data center security or hardware-based attacks