Applied AI Engineer, Startups

Anthropic•San Francisco, NY

1d•$280,000 - $320,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. As an Applied AI Engineer on the Startups team at Anthropic, you will be a trusted technical advisor helping the top AI-native startups build on the Claude Developer Platform as they grow from early product to scale. You'll lead deep technical engagements, partnering directly with startup engineering teams to help them develop their products on top of Claude—advising on implementation, agent design, and working alongside them to build at the frontier of AI. Working closely with Applied AI Architects, Account Executives, and Anthropic's Product and Engineering teams, you'll guide startups through deep technical engagements. You'll leverage your AI engineering expertise to develop custom evaluation frameworks, design scalable architectures, and create the technical resources that enable startups to succeed with Claude.

Requirements

4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder
Production experience building LLM-powered applications, including prompting, context engineering, agent architectures, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale
Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python and experience building production applications
Experience with startups or high-growth companies
Ability to context-switch across industries (healthcare, fintech, etc.) and use cases
Builder credibility that earns trust with technical founders and engineering teams—you've shipped products and can speak from experience
Strong technical communication skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts into architectural decisions and actionable implementation plans
Experience facilitating technical workshops, hackathons, or developer-focused events
Passion for making powerful technology safe and beneficial
We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as a deep technical advisor to high-potential startups, working alongside them to build innovative use cases that push the boundaries of AI
Work hands-on with startup engineering teams: pair programming, architecture reviews, and code contributions that accelerate their development
Develop prototypes and technical documentation—including evaluation suites, AI engineering techniques, and architecture diagrams—that enable startups to build and scale with Claude
Collaborate closely with Applied AI Architects to maintain context and continuity across customer engagements
Identify patterns across engagements and contribute insights back to Product, Engineering, and the broader Applied AI team
Create technical content for startup audiences including documentation, tutorials, and sample code
Foster community engagement through hackathons, webinars, technical office hours, and startup-focused events
Travel to customer sites for workshops, implementation support, and relationship building