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CareersSeptember 19, 2026

Anthropic Careers: What Roles Anthropic Is Hiring For in 2026

Anthropic has 81 distinct AI roles open on our board, more than half of them in infrastructure, research and platform engineering. Here is where the openings are, what seniority they skew to, and how to read a posting.

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In short

As of 19 September 2026, Anthropic has 81 distinct AI roles open on AgenticCareers.co. The biggest groups are AI infrastructure (20), AI research (15), AI platform and SRE (8) and data science (8). Most openings are mid-level (40) or staff-level (35); only one is junior. 13 are listed as remote. Only one of the 81 listings in our data carries a salary, so check each posting on Anthropic's careers page for its range.

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Anthropic is one of the most searched employers on AgenticCareers.co, and one of the most active. As of 19 September 2026 we track 81 distinct AI roles at the company, counting a role posted in several cities once and leaving out non-AI roles such as recruiting or finance. That makes it one of the largest single employers of AI talent on the board. You can see every open listing on the Anthropic company page.

Where the openings are

The roles cluster in the parts of the company that build and run the models:

  • AI infrastructure: 20 roles. Inference, serving, and the systems that keep training and deployment running at scale.
  • AI research: 15 roles. Research engineers and scientists, including reinforcement-learning work on code and cybersecurity.
  • AI platform and SRE: 8 roles. Platform portability, sandboxing and developer experience.
  • Data science: 8 roles.
  • AI safety: 5 roles and AI solutions engineering: 5 roles, the customer-facing side that helps enterprises deploy Claude.

Typical titles right now include Staff+ Software Engineer, Product Sandboxing, Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference Deploy, Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL and Tech Lead Manager, Agent Runtime Platform. The pattern is clear: most of the hiring is for people who build infrastructure around frontier models, not for people who only call an API.

Teams and example titles

Reading the titles team by team gives a clearer picture than the category counts:

  • Inference and scaling: Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference Path, Engineering Manager, Inference Infrastructure, Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Scaling, Software Engineer, Tokens and Prompt Structures.
  • Reinforcement learning research: Research Engineer, RL Scaling Science, Research Engineer, Chip Design RL, Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude Science.
  • Reliability and platform: Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML Infra, Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering, Senior Staff Software Engineer, API, Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude App Infrastructure.
  • Data: data scientists embedded in product, developer productivity, go-to-market, marketing and policy teams.
  • Safety and alignment: Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment and Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Safeguards Research.
  • Customer-facing: Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise, Technical Architect and Associate Solutions Architect, which work with companies deploying Claude.

Several openings are listed as Anthropic Fellows Program positions, in ML systems and reinforcement learning, AI safety and security, and economics and policy. These are listed separately from the permanent engineering roles, so read each posting for its terms and duration.

Seniority: mostly mid and staff

Of the 81 roles, 40 are mid-level and 35 are staff-level. Five are lead roles and one is junior. Many titles are written as "Staff+" or "Staff + Senior", which means a single opening can be filled at more than one level. If you are early in your career, Anthropic is a hard first job; the role hubs show where junior openings actually exist across the market.

Remote and location

13 of the 81 roles are listed as remote. The rest name specific offices, so read the location line on each posting before you apply.

Where a location is named, most listings put the role in San Francisco, New York or both, and London appears on 8 listings. Some listings are marked remote-friendly with travel required, which usually means regular time in an office rather than fully remote work.

What about pay?

Only one of the 81 listings in our data includes a salary, so we do not publish an Anthropic median: one data point is not a finding. Anthropic's own job pages are the place to check the range for a specific role. For market context, our live salary data covers AI roles across hundreds of employers, using only segments with at least 30 disclosed salaries.

How to read an Anthropic posting

Three things are worth checking before you apply. First, the team: infrastructure, research and product roles are hired very differently, and the title alone does not always say which one you are looking at. Second, the level range: a "Staff+" role expects you to set technical direction, not just ship tickets. Third, the location line, since most roles are tied to an office. If an opening is not quite right, the company page lists the full set, and similar employers hiring for the same roles are one click away.

We update this data daily. Browse all open Anthropic roles or compare with other companies hiring for AI.

FAQCommon questions

Frequently asked

How many roles is Anthropic hiring for?

As of 19 September 2026, AgenticCareers.co tracks 81 distinct AI roles at Anthropic, counting a role posted in several cities once and excluding non-AI roles.

What kind of roles does Anthropic hire for most?

AI infrastructure (20 roles) and AI research (15) lead, followed by AI platform and SRE (8), data science (8), AI safety (5) and AI solutions engineering (5).

Does Anthropic hire junior engineers?

Rarely. Of 81 open roles, 40 are mid-level, 35 staff-level and 5 lead; only one is junior.

Does Anthropic hire remotely?

Some roles are remote: 13 of the 81 listings are marked remote. Most name a specific office location.

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