Applied AI Engineer, Startups

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.

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

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space