Staff+ Software Engineer, Deployment
About the role
Every change to Anthropic's software has to reach production somehow: new code, runtime configuration, feature flags, infrastructure changes. Our team builds the systems those changes travel through. Our mission is to give every team at Anthropic a fast, safe, and predictable path from change to production.
We sit within Anthropic's Infrastructure organization and own pipelines, staged rollouts, health-gated promotion, and rollback, along with runtime configuration, feature flags, and the systems that deliver code and artifacts to machines across a very large fleet. You'll own a meaningful part of this end to end, from design through operating it in production.
If you want your work to shape how fast and how safely Anthropic ships, this could be a great fit.
Key responsibilities
Set technical direction for major parts of the deployment platform and own them end to end: design, implementation, and operations
Build rollout safety into the platform, including progressive delivery, health-gated promotion, automatic pause and rollback, and deploy controls that teams manage themselves
Design APIs and abstractions that work equally well for engineers and for AI agents
Extend the platform to new workload types and runtimes, from Kubernetes to serverless and edge platforms
Build and operate runtime configuration and feature flag systems with validation, gradual rollout, and fast rollback
Build infrastructure-as-code workflows that many teams rely on for safe, routine changes
Scale artifact distribution so code and configuration reach machines quickly and efficiently
Partner with Security so that the path to production is secure by default, with verifiable builds, least-privilege access, and auditable changes
Work directly with teams across Anthropic to understand their deployment needs and bring their workloads onto the platform
Take part in on-call and incident response, and turn what you learn into guardrails that prevent the same problem from recurring
Minimum qualifications
Proficiency in at least one backend or systems programming language, such as Rust, Go, C++, or Java
Experience leading the design, building, and operation of distributed systems or infrastructure in production, including technical direction across teams
Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized workloads, such as Kubernetes on AWS or GCP
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred qualifications
Experience building deployment, release, or change management systems at large scale
Experience with production on-call and incident response
Experience with Rust in production
Experience with progressive delivery and GitOps tooling, such as Argo CD or Argo Rollouts
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, including controllers and operators
Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code systems at scale, including state management and locking
Experience building feature flag, experimentation, or dynamic configuration systems
Experience with artifact or package distribution, such as OCI registries, Nix, or content-addressed storage
Experience with software supply chain security, such as signed build provenance
Experience building high-throughput workflow engines or control planes backed by relational databases
Experience building internal developer platforms and leading adoption across many teams
Experience using AI agents in your own engineering work, or building systems that agents operate
Representative projects
Build operator controls for progressive rollouts, including pause and resume that preserve rollout state
Design a deployment engine built on fine-grained targets and their dependencies, so each change rolls out exactly where it needs to
Build cluster-health-aware rollouts that steer around unhealthy clusters
Add a new workload type to the platform, including its rollout, verification, and rollback behavior
Design a deployment control plane that handles sharp bursts of agent-driven traffic
Design a distribution system that delivers configuration and artifacts to every machine in the fleet as demand grows
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.
Annual Salary:
$405,000—$485,000 USD