Engineering Manager, API

Details

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The API team has seen rapid growth and adoption and is responsible for shipping the world's most intelligent and capable APIs. The team owns core capabilities including vision, tool use, computer use, prompt caching, model data access, knowledge, context, and new model launches. This role leads an API engineering team building developer-facing products that bring frontier model capabilities to external developers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers focused on productizing cutting-edge model capabilities and shipping world-class API features.
• Partner directly with research teams to bring frontier capabilities to developers through the API.
• Drive engineering excellence in API design, performance, and reliability for high-scale production systems.
• Create clarity for the team and stakeholders in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment.
• Build cross-functional processes for shipping products that span engineering, research, product, and safety teams.
• Take an inclusive, equitable approach to hiring and developing top technical talent.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as an engineering manager, with 3+ years leading teams building developer-facing products.
• Strong technical background in distributed systems, developer-facing APIs, and backend engineering.
• Proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional partners to ship product.
• Experience recruiting and scaling engineering teams in high-growth environments.
• Exceptional communication skills for stakeholder management and technical decision-making.
• Demonstrated success in building teams that deliver consistently to external users.
• Education: at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Strong candidates may have

• Startup experience, building products from zero to one.
• Experience with AI/ML product development and deployment at scale.
• Background in building real-time systems or developer tools.
• Technical expertise in Python, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure (GCP/Kubernetes).
• Experience working directly with external developers and API design patterns.
• Previous experience in startups or high-growth technology companies.

Logistics

• Location: New York City, NY. Location-based hybrid policy: staff are expected to be in one of Anthropic's offices at least 25% of the time (some roles may require more in-office time).
• Visa sponsorship: Anthropic does sponsor visas and retains immigration counsel, though sponsorship is not guaranteed for every role.
• Application deadline: None; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office space for collaboration.
• Guidance provided on candidates' use of AI in the application process.

Notes

• The role is cross-functional and involves close collaboration with research and safety teams to bring advanced model capabilities to external developers.