Engineering Manager, Cloud Security

Anthropic • Seattle, WA

104d • $320,000 - $405,000

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. At Anthropic, the Security Engineering team's mission is to safeguard our AI systems and maintain the trust of our users and society at large. Whether we're developing critical security infrastructure, building secure development practices, or partnering with our research and product teams, we are committed to operating as a world-class security organization and keeping the safety and trust of our users at the forefront of everything we do.

Requirements

• 4+ years managing security engineering teams with proven track record of team productivity
• 5+ years hands-on infrastructure security and software engineering experience
• Deep expertise in securing complex cloud environments, threat modeling, and risk assessment
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, balancing security requirements with business objectives
• Clear and persuasive communicator in both writing and verbal settings
• Low ego, high empathy leader who attracts talent and builds diverse, inclusive teams
• Passionate about developing engineers' careers in a supportive yet challenging environment
• Experience working with technical internal customers
• Familiarity with AI safety concepts and frameworks

Responsibilities

• Lead a security engineering team while maintaining deep technical involvement in cloud security architecture across all cloud environments
• Design and implement comprehensive security controls for model weights, customer data, and training datasets
• Build secure-by-default infrastructure to create self-service patterns that prevent misconfigurations while enabling engineering velocity
• Establish continuous attack surface monitoring and automated remediation systems using cloud security posture management tools, custom detection capabilities, and infrastructure-as-code security scanning
• Partner with product, research, and infrastructure teams to embed security requirements into system design and development workflows from inception through deployment
• Identify and assess systematic risks across the organization, translating complex security requirements into prioritized roadmaps and actionable engineering work
• Develop security and reliability metrics and observability systems that measure risk posture, demonstrate security improvements, and inform data-driven security investments
• Coach and mentor engineers while building a team culture that balances security rigor with development velocity and innovation

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree