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Software Engineer, Research Infrastructure

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

New York, NY · full time · Senior

$405,000 – $625,000

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role builds the infrastructure and systems that power research across Anthropic, scaling tooling as the company's research demands grow. You'll independently lead multi-month projects, partner with researchers to understand their needs, and make architectural decisions that shape how the organization's research infrastructure evolves.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Design and operate large-scale distributed systems in production
  • Independently scope and deliver complex, multi-month technical projects
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on coding
  • Make architectural decisions for other teams to build on
  • Drive alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders
  • Operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments

Nice to have

  • Infrastructure or platform building for research or ML workflows
  • Experience scaling systems through reliability and architectural challenges
  • Distributed systems and cloud infrastructure expertise
  • Understanding of large-scale ML research compute and tooling needs
  • Startup or startup-like environment experience
  • Prior technical lead or mentoring experience

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