Applied AI Architect, Democratic Partnerships

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY; hybrid policy requiring staff to work from an Anthropic office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more office time

Annual salary: $240,000–$315,000 USD

Company

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

What you will do

• Work with government and civil-sector technical teams to build, configure, integrate, and ship Claude deployments using Claude Code and the Claude API.
• Build scalable pilots and repeatable workflows for partner agencies, including developer and university enablement.
• Document deployment approaches for low-connectivity, multilingual, and security-conscious environments.
• Represent partner needs to Product and Research teams while shaping solutions that support beneficial and safe AI.
• Travel internationally to partner institutions for technical enablement and relationship building.
• Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of solutions using Anthropic’s latest models across education, cyber resiliency, and global health.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Cybersecurity Engineer working with governments, civil-sector organizations, or the public sector.
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience; relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
• Experience shipping software in imperfect conditions and working with infrastructure constraints.
• Experience designing novel solutions for technical platforms in a developing mission area.
• Strong technical aptitude, with strong proficiency in at least one programming language; Python preferred.
• Understanding of and experience with LLM fundamentals.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, adapt across domains, and develop simple, understandable solutions.
• Ability to collaborate across organizations, navigate trade-offs, and balance competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for explaining complex topics to engineers, senior government officials, and other technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Passion for using technology safely and beneficially to advance safe AI systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across Applied AI, Policy, National Security, Product, Research, and Engineering teams.
• Flexible working hours, generous vacation and parental leave, competitive compensation, and optional equity donation matching.
• Visa sponsorship may be available; Anthropic makes reasonable efforts to support visas for successful candidates and provides immigration-lawyer assistance.
• Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco and maintains an office-based hybrid policy.

Hiring process

• Applicants should review Anthropic’s candidate AI usage guidance and apply through a confirmed Anthropic careers channel.
• Anthropic recruiters contact candidates only from @anthropic.com addresses or identify vetted recruiting agencies; legitimate recruiters never request money, fees, or banking information before the first day.