# Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/e02d0eb8-138d-4e77-a5b3-2f0284cae827

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Staff
- Location: New York, NY
- Salary: 320000 – 485000 USD per year

## Summary

Anthropic is seeking an experienced database engineer to design and operate the infrastructure supporting Claude's API and research workloads at scale, handling billions of requests across multiple cloud providers. This role suits engineers with deep expertise in distributed databases who can lead large infrastructure projects and balance rapid development with production reliability.

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

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), CockroachDB, DynamoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL

## Required

- Significant production experience building and operating database or storage systems
- Deep knowledge of distributed database architectures and OLTP systems
- Proficiency with SQL and at least one major relational or distributed database engine
- Track record leading large complex infrastructure projects
- Ability to balance speed with production system reliability
- Strong technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration

## Nice to have

- 10+ years building and scaling database systems with 3+ years leading large-scale projects or teams
- Experience scaling databases through rapid growth at high-growth companies
- Production experience with Spanner, CockroachDB, TiDB, AlloyDB, or globally distributed SQL databases
- Experience with Redis, Temporal, vector databases, or async job processing frameworks
- Experience with change data capture, large-scale data migration, or streaming infrastructure
- Experience building multi-cloud or hybrid cloud solutions
- Knowledge of database orchestration and automation at scale
- Contributions to database internals, storage engines, or open source projects

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5301750008