Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (Federal Civilan)

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

1d•$275,000 - $315,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring a Pre-Sales Applied AI Architect to serve as a trusted technical advisor to federal civilian agencies. The role combines technical expertise and customer-facing skills to help agencies understand Claude’s capabilities and plan safe, reliable integration and deployment of Claude within their technology stacks. The architect will work with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to guide customers from technical discovery through evaluation and deployment, develop evaluation approaches, and design scalable architectures that deliver value for mission needs.

Requirements

Prior experience working with US federal 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 executives, engineering and IT teams, and other stakeholders.
Strong technical communication skills, including translating customer requirements between technical and business stakeholders.
Experience designing scalable cloud architectures and integrating with enterprise systems.
Familiarity with Python.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to explain complex topics clearly to diverse internal and external stakeholders.
Ability and enthusiasm for cross-organizational collaboration, working through trade-offs, and balancing competing priorities.
Passion for teaching, mentoring, and helping others succeed.
Passion for using technology creatively in ways that are safe and beneficial and advance safe AI systems.

Nice To Haves

Security clearance; it is not required but is a plus.
Familiarity with common LLM frameworks and tools, or a background in machine learning or data science.

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 Claude adoption, from discovery and evaluation through deployment, coordinating with internal teams and stakeholders.
Support customers building with Claude Code, the Claude API, and Claude for Enterprise.
Create and deliver technical content for different audiences, 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 teams.
Travel frequently to customer sites for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building.
Maintain knowledge of developments in LLM capabilities and implementation patterns.