Applied AI Engineer, Public Sector

The role

You will serve as a technical advisor for national security mission programs. You will support customers building with Claude by advising on architecture, developing evaluation frameworks, and guiding implementation patterns.

What you will do

• Serve as a specialist technical advisor for national security mission programs
• Support the customer as they build with Claude Code, the Claude API, and Claude for Enterprise
• Partner with account executives and Applied AI Architects to translate mission requirements into technical solutions
• Influence technical architecture decisions by developing customized pilots, prototypes, and evaluation suites
• Help develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude's performance
• Lead hands-on technical workshops and code reviews with customer engineering teams
• Identify common design patterns and contribute insights back to Product and Engineering teams
• Create and deliver technical content including engineering deep dives and executive briefings
• Maintain knowledge of LLM capabilities and implementation patterns
• Work primarily on-site with customer teams in secure government facilities

Required qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• Prior experience working within US intelligence community agencies as a government civilian or cleared contractor
• 4+ years of experience in technical roles such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Product Engineer, Software Engineer, or Technical Product Manager
• Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python or TypeScript
• Experience building production applications
• Hands-on expertise in one or more of the following: Offensive or defensive cyber operations, Cryptography and cryptanalysis, Intelligence analysis and ISR, Mission and weapons systems, CBRN and nonpro
• Exceptional communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role

Nice to have

• Production experience with LLMs, including advanced prompt engineering, agent development and frameworks, evaluation frameworks, transcript analysis, MCP, and deployment at scale
• Experience deploying and operating software in air-gapped or classified environments
• Experience designing scalable cloud architectures and integrating with enterprise systems
• Background in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data science
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and execute across domains
• High cooperation mindset for cross-organizational collaboration
• Passion for advancing safe, beneficial AI systems

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required
• We do sponsor visas

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.