# Software Engineer, ML Networking

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f9142ce2-bca1-42a5-95c2-e478274080cb

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

- Employment type: full time
- Location: New York, NY
- Salary: 280000 – 850000 USD per year

## Summary

This role builds and optimizes the networking software that connects machine learning accelerators in Anthropic's AI infrastructure, requiring deep expertise in network protocols, kernel programming, and distributed systems optimization. It's a fit for systems engineers with strong backgrounds in low-level networking, particularly those from HPC, telecom, or kernel engineering disciplines.

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

## Skills named

Rust, TCP/IP

## Required

- Expert-level knowledge of network protocols and networking concepts
- Deep understanding of kernel networking internals
- Proficiency with user-space networking techniques
- Systems programming language expertise with memory management and lock-free data structures
- Ability to diagnose and resolve networking issues in distributed systems

## Nice to have

- Understanding of ML accelerators and accelerator drivers
- Experience designing new network protocols
- PCIe and device driver experience
- Knowledge of networking algorithms including compression and graph algorithms
- SmartNIC programming experience
- 5+ years of systems or network programming experience
- Background in HPC, telecommunications, host networking, OS/kernel engineering, or embedded systems
- Strong debugging mindset

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/4926242008