Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>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.</p></div><h2><strong>About the role</strong></h2> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Anthropic is seeking talented and experienced Software Engineers to join our Continuous Integration (CI) team within the Developer Productivity organization. The CI team is responsible for the infrastructure that enables hundreds of engineers to ship code safely and efficiently to production. By joining this team, you'll have a direct impact on the velocity and reliability of Anthropic's research and product development.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">The CI team manages Anthropic's continuous integration system, which includes:</p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>CI infrastructure</strong> for automated testing and code quality assurance across our monorepo, designed to scale with rapid growth</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Test infrastructure</strong> that runs on Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers, handling intelligent test selection, execution, and reporting for a large and complex test suite</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>Merge queue management</strong> and complex branching strategies that ensure code quality at scale</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2"><strong>CI tooling and automation</strong> to improve developer productivity and reduce operational overhead</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h2> <ul> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Design and build highly reliable, scalable CI infrastructure that supports thousands of daily builds across multiple cloud providers</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Develop intelligent test selection systems that reduce CI time while maintaining code quality</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Build and improve incident response automation, including cluster load shedding, automatic recovery, and observability tooling</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Improve test infrastructure reliability through flake detection, quarantine systems, and test state management</li> </ul> <h2><strong>You may be a good fit if you</strong></h2> <ul> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Have 10+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating large-scale CI/CD systems</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Have deep experience with CI orchestration tools (Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar)</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Are obsessed with developer productivity and reducing friction in the software development lifecycle</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Have experience with container orchestration at scale</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Have excellent communication skills and enjoy supporting internal partners</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Care deeply about reliability and building systems that "never fail the same way twice"</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Strong candidates may also have</strong></h2> <ul> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with merge queues and branch management at scale</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with test infrastructure, including intelligent test selection and flake management</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience building CLI tools and developer-facing services</li> <li class="whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">GitHub API and automation experience</li> </ul> <p><strong>Deadline to apply:</strong> None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.&nbsp;</p> <p>For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.</p></div><div class="title">Annual Salary:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>£325,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>£390,000 GBP</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong>Logistics</strong></h2> <p><strong>Minimum education: </strong>Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience</p> <p><strong>Required field of study:&nbsp;</strong>A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience</p> <p><strong>Minimum years of experience: </strong>Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position</p> <p><strong>Location-based hybrid policy:</strong> Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.</p> <p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Visa sponsorship:</strong>&nbsp;We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.</p> <p><strong>We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.</strong> Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.&nbsp; Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. 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