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Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

Anthropic
Location
San Francisco, California | New York City, New York
Work mode
Remote
Type
full time
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[ About this role ]

Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend at Anthropic. This role involves owning and scaling backend systems for user-facing products like the API, Claude Code, and Claude.ai. Responsibilities include scoping complex projects, leading technical and product decisions, and making architectural choices for systems serving hundreds of thousands of users.

Skills and focus areas

  • backend systems
  • api development
  • scalability
  • reliability
  • distributed systems
  • product development
  • architectural design
  • problem solving
  • collaboration

Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on Anthropic’s careers page.

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