Security Engineer, Offensive Security (AI)

Location: Remote-friendly within the United States, with offices in San Francisco, Seattle, New York City, and Washington, DC. Staff are expected to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time; some roles may require more office attendance.

Annual salary: $300,000–$320,000 USD

Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Conduct red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, and bare metal deployments.
• Perform penetration testing of specific high-value deployments.
• Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tools and workflows.
• Partner with security and engineering teams on AI-specific attack scenarios.
• Document and present findings to technical and executive audiences, translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations.
• Deep expertise in at least two of macOS security, Linux security, cloud security across GCP, AWS, or Azure, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience discovering novel attack vectors, creatively chaining vulnerabilities, and conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments.
• Strong engineering skills in Python, Go, or a similar language.
• Ability to write clear findings and collaborate closely with blue teams.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or professional experience in a relevant field.

Nice to have

• Experience with organizations using state-actor threat models.
• Experience testing AI/ML systems or agentic workflows.
• Familiarity with detection engineering and SIEM/EDR platforms.
• Experience with data center security or hardware-based attacks.
• Interest in AI safety and responsible AI development.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on large-scale AI research and long-term impact.
• Flexible working hours and a collaborative office environment.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Competitive compensation and optional equity donation matching.
• Visa sponsorship is available, with immigration-lawyer support, although sponsorship cannot be guaranteed for every role or candidate.