Staff Engineer, Datacenter Server Lifecycle at Anthropic

Hybrid - San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; Seattle, WA

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Anthropic is looking for a Staff Engineer to lead the Datacenter Server Lifecycle team, owning the end‑to‑end operational journey of every machine in our global facilities. The role involves defining services, tooling, and standards for large‑scale datacenter operations, collaborating with Infrastructure Security and Networking teams to ensure trusted, efficient, and reliable infrastructure for AI model training and serving.

Salary

USD 320,000 - 405,000

Requirements

Skills

  • Hands‑on experience with server hardware, rack deployment, cabling, troubleshooting, and failure modes at scale
  • End‑to‑end understanding of hardware lifecycle management: asset tracking, provisioning workflows, maintenance scheduling, and decommissioning
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Rust, Go, or Java)
  • Working knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes and large‑scale cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Ability to communicate clearly and build consensus with a wide range of stakeholders
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and making progress on complex, cross‑functional problems
  • Willingness to travel occasionally to datacenter sites across North America

Responsibilities

  • Build automation to support datacenters containing tens of thousands of servers
  • Define and own the end‑to‑end system lifecycle strategy – from provisioning and deployment through operation, maintenance, refresh, and decommissioning
  • Maintain automation and operational procedures for common lifecycle events (e.g., hardware failures, firmware upgrades, fleet rotations)
  • Partner closely with Infrastructure Security to design and enforce trusted compute standards across the server lifecycle
  • Work closely with the Networking team to ensure end‑to‑end connectivity across all sites
  • Build and maintain tooling to track machine health, configuration, and operational status across the full datacenter fleet

Technologies

PythonRustGoJavaKubernetesAWSAzureGCPLinuxBootNixOSNVIDIA A100NVIDIA H100Google TPUsAWS TrainiumSecure bootTPMHardware attestationFirmware verification

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