Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
$320,000 – $405,000 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Own, operate, and extend the Kubernetes scheduler for Anthropic's accelerator fleets, including custom scheduling plugins and policies for gang scheduling, topology awareness, and preemption.
- Scale the Kubernetes control plane (apiserver, etcd, controller-manager) to support clusters far beyond typical limits.
- Design, build, and operate core cluster services such as service discovery that every workload in the fleet depends on.
- Build and maintain custom controllers, operators, and CRDs.
- Participate in on-call, lead incident response, and design processes (postmortems, runbooks, SLOs) that help the team avoid repeating failures.
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationPublic Speaking
Benefits
- Equity
- Parental Leave
- Flexible Hours
- Visa Sponsorship
Culture
Hybrid WorkCross-Functional TeamsMission-DrivenImpact-OrientedCollaborative Space
Requirements
Required: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Regions: Worldwide
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About Anthropic
Industry: ai
Size: small
Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems to ensure AI is safe and beneficial for users and society. The team is a quickly growing group of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders committed to building beneficial AI systems.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $320,000 – $405,000 USD
Equity: optional equity donation matching