Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking startup-minded engineers to build out its public sector engineering team, aiming to scale its products for democracies worldwide. Engineers in this role will work across the stack, owning projects such as building deployments for new government customers, implementing products to surface critical information, and collaborating directly with customers to adapt Claude for their workflows. The role is evolving from basic Claude access to cutting-edge AI capabilities and a comprehensive public sector experience, enabling governments to deploy AI for critical operations. The team's focus includes delivering solutions that influence how democratic institutions deploy and use advanced AI systems.

Requirements

8+ years of experience as a full stack software engineer
Experience integrating and working with AI/ML models and understanding their capabilities
Strong technical background with proven success building and shipping enterprise or government-grade products
Excellent collaboration skills, with ability to work effectively across functions
This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports a United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Nice To Haves

Startup experience, particularly in scaling products from zero to one
Experience partnering with sales, customer success, and professional services teams to drive product adoption
Experience delivering software to government networks
Active federal security clearance (Secret or above)

Responsibilities

Build specialized AI applications and products for governments by developing deep understanding of their processes and workflows
Take ownership of architecting new deployments and designing public sector specific features
Collaborate closely with research on AI models for government applications and workflows
Partner directly with government customers and internal go-to-market teams to translate requirements into technical and product roadmaps
Design and build scalable systems for deployment, user management, and administrative controls
Create clarity and technical direction in a fast-moving environment with unique constraints