Job Details

About Anthropic

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. Our team is a growing group of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders building beneficial AI systems.

About the role

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to help scale the Claude Code team. The ideal candidate loves Claude Code, has management experience, and still codes daily. This role requires strong technical depth combined with leadership experience to guide and grow the team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core features across Claude Code's full stack. Spend the majority of effort writing and reviewing code.
• Lead and develop the Claude Code engineering team, including hiring, performance management, career development, and fostering team culture.
• Partner with another engineering manager to align across teams, coordinate distributed efforts, and communicate technical decisions and priorities.
• Prioritize and develop capabilities addressing enterprise customer needs across multiple use cases; understand customer needs through collaboration with customers.
• Work with researchers, product managers, and designers to translate user needs and research insights into robust technical solutions.
• Stay connected to the developer experience by actively using Claude Code and maintaining expertise in modern development tools and workflows.
• Ensure high code quality, robust testing, scalable architecture, and maintain a balance between rapid iteration and long-term maintainability and security, while supporting a smooth developer experience.

You may be a good fit if you

• Have 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in engineering management or technical leadership roles.
• Excel at writing production code and leading engineering teams, shipping complex features from concept to deployment.
• Bring strong technical skills across modern web technologies, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Have experience with enterprise customers and translating their needs into scalable product features.
• Thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and balance multiple priorities while keeping the team focused.
• Are passionate about developer tools with familiarity of IDEs, development workflows, and what makes engineers productive.
• Value technical excellence and pragmatic delivery, knowing when to build for the long term vs. shipping quickly.

Strong candidates may also have experience with

• Project management for fast-moving initiatives
• Mentoring junior team members
• Leading cross-functional initiatives with influence across organizational boundaries
• Public speaking or presenting technical content
• Client-facing communication
• Building widely-used tools for software development, especially CLIs
• Performance optimization and troubleshooting
• Evaluating and testing new technologies and tooling
• Working effectively within expanding organizational frameworks

This is an opportunity to shape the future of AI-driven development tools alongside top engineers and researchers.

Salary: $320,000 - $485,000 USD

Logistics

Education requirements: At least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, all staff are expected to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time; some roles may require more time in office.

Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas. If we make you an offer, we will make reasonable efforts to obtain a visa, with the help of an immigration attorney.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification. We value diverse perspectives and aim to include a range of experiences on our team.

How we're different

We pursue high-impact AI research as a cohesive team focused on a few large-scale efforts. We value impact and the long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI, and we emphasize communication as part of our collaborative culture.

Equal Opportunity

Anthropic is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any protected basis. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences.