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Mid LevelFull-timePythonRustAWSGitAI
Salary Range
$76,500 - $103,500 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for an Applied AI Engineer to join the Startups team at Anthropic. In this role, you will serve as a technical advisor to AI-native startups, helping them build on the Claude Developer Platform as they grow from early product to scale.
Key Responsibilities
- →Serve as a deep technical advisor to high-potential startups, working alongside them to build innovative use cases that push the boundaries of AI
- →Work hands-on with startup engineering teams through pair programming, architecture reviews, and code contributions
- →Develop prototypes and technical documentation including evaluation suites, AI engineering techniques, and architecture diagrams
- →Collaborate with Applied AI Architects to maintain context and continuity across customer engagements
- →Identify patterns across engagements and contribute insights back to Product, Engineering, and the broader Applied AI team
- →Create technical content for startup audiences including documentation, tutorials, and sample code
- →Foster community engagement through hackathons, webinars, technical office hours, and startup-focused events
- →Travel to customer sites for workshops, implementation support, and relationship building
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 and use cases
- ✓Builder credibility that earns trust with technical founders and engineering teams
- ✓Strong technical communication skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts
- ✓Experience facilitating technical workshops, hackathons, or developer-focused events
- ✓Passion for making powerful technology safe and beneficial
- ✓Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
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