Software Engineer, Sandboxing (Systems)

Anthropic is seeking a Linux OS and System Programming Subject Matter Expert to join our Infrastructure team. In this role, you'll work on accelerating and optimizing our virtualization and VM workloads that power our AI infrastructure. Your expertise in low-level system programming, kernel optimization, and virtualization technologies will be crucial in ensuring Anthropic can scale our compute infrastructure efficiently and reliably for training and serving frontier AI models.

Requirements

• Optimize our virtualization stack, improving performance, reliability, and efficiency of our VM environments
• Design and implement kernel modules, drivers, and system-level components to enhance our compute infrastructure
• Investigate and resolve performance bottlenecks in virtualized environments
• Collaborate with cloud engineering teams to optimize interactions between our workloads and underlying hardware
• Develop tooling for monitoring and improving virtualization performance
• Work with our ML engineers to understand their computational needs and optimize our systems accordingly
• Contribute to the design and implementation of our next-generation compute infrastructure
• Share knowledge with team members on low-level systems programming and Linux kernel internals
• Partner with cloud providers to influence hardware and platform features for AI workloads

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