Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (State & Local Government)
About The Position
As an Applied AI team member at Anthropic, the Applied AI Architect is a pre-sales architect and trusted technical advisor for state and local government agencies. The role helps agencies understand Claude’s value and envision how to integrate and deploy it within their technology stacks. It combines technical expertise and customer-facing skills to architect LLM solutions for complex mission challenges while upholding standards for safety and reliability. Working with Sales, Product, and Engineering, the architect guides customers from technical discovery through evaluation and deployment. The role includes explaining Claude’s capabilities, helping customers develop evaluations, and designing scalable architectures that maximize the value of Anthropic’s AI systems. It requires frequent travel to customer sites. Anthropic currently expects staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time, though some roles may require more.
Requirements
- Prior experience working with U.S. federal, state, and/or local agencies.
- At least 5 years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, or Technical Account Manager.
- Experience navigating complex buying cycles involving multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to build relationships and communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders, including C-suite executives and engineering and IT teams.
- Strong technical communication skills, including translating requirements between technical and business stakeholders.
- Experience designing scalable cloud architectures and integrating with enterprise systems.
- Familiarity with Python.
- Minimum education: a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
- A field of study relevant to the role, as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with common LLM frameworks and tools, or a background in machine learning or data science.
- Enjoyment of cross-organizational collaboration, working through trade-offs, and balancing competing priorities.
- Interest in teaching, mentoring, and helping others succeed.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including explaining complex topics clearly to diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Passion for using technology creatively and safely in ways that advance beneficial AI systems.
Responsibilities
- Partner with account executives to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Serve as the primary technical advisor to enterprise customers throughout their Claude adoption journey, from discovery and initial evaluation through deployment, coordinating across internal teams and stakeholders.
- Support customers building with Claude Code, the Claude API, and Claude for Enterprise.
- Create and deliver technical content for audiences ranging from engineering and development teams to executives.
- Guide technical architecture decisions and help customers integrate Claude into their existing technology stacks.
- Help customers develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude’s performance for their use cases.
- Identify common integration patterns and share insights with Product and Engineering.
- Travel frequently to customer sites for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building.
- Maintain knowledge of developments in LLM capabilities and implementation patterns.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Optional equity donation matching.
- Generous vacation and parental leave.
- Flexible working hours.
- Office space for collaboration.
- Visa sponsorship, with reasonable efforts to obtain a visa for candidates receiving an offer.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
