Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. As an Applied AI Architect on the Startups team at Anthropic, you will win the trust of founders and engineers by being an exceptional technical partner, helping startups successfully build on the Claude Developer Platform as they grow from early product to scale. You'll combine deep technical expertise with a builder‑first mindset to help startups architect innovative LLM solutions, win technical evaluations, and get the most out of Claude.
Applied AI Architect, Startups en Anthropic
Híbrido - San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
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USD 240,000 - 315,000
Requirements
Skills
- 3+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder who has done founder‑led sales
- Experience working with startups or high‑growth technology companies; understand velocity and constraints of early‑stage companies
- Strong builder credibility through experience as a software engineer or technical founder; speak the language of builders and earn trust of technical founders and startup engineering teams
- Deep technical proficiency with building and scaling AI products, pulse on AI engineering best practices, and ability to demonstrate why Claude is best foundation
- Hands‑on experience building and deploying LLM‑powered applications in production, expertise in context engineering, evaluation frameworks, and modern AI architectures
- Strong technical communication skills with ability to translate complex AI concepts into actionable insights for founders and engineering teams
- Track record of selling technical products in competitive markets
- Comfortable with Python and familiarity with common LLM frameworks, tools, and integration patterns
- Passion for making powerful technology safe and societally beneficial
Responsibilities
- Partner with Account Executives to deeply understand startup requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the Claude adoption journey from initial evaluation through deployment and expansion
- Win technical evaluations that demonstrate why Claude is the best foundation for what startups are building, helping them develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude's performance for their specific use cases
- Build technical credibility with founders, founding engineers, and startup engineering teams by speaking their language, understanding their build patterns, and guiding technical architecture decisions
- Gather insights on how startups are building with Claude, identify emerging use cases and deployment patterns, and deliver feedback to Product and Engineering teams
- Travel to customer sites, startup‑focused events, and industry conferences for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building
Technologies
PythonLLM frameworks, tools, and integration patternsClaude Developer PlatformContext engineeringEvaluation frameworks
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