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.
We are seeking an experienced Technical Compute Strategist to drive Anthropic's compute strategy and secure the partnerships needed to stay at the frontier of AI development. In this role, you'll lead technical strategy for compute procurement and optimization, negotiate large-scale deals with cloud providers, and work closely with our research teams to understand and plan for future compute needs. Your work will be crucial in ensuring Anthropic has the compute resources necessary to pursue our mission of developing safe and beneficial AI systems.
Responsibilities:- Drive technical strategy for compute procurement and optimization across Anthropic's AI development pipeline
- Structure and negotiate large-scale compute partnerships with major cloud providers and infrastructure partners
- Analyze and forecast compute requirements for next-generation AI models, developing long-term compute roadmaps
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with key compute partners
- Work closely with research teams to understand future compute needs and translate them into actionable infrastructure plans
- Develop frameworks for evaluating different compute options, considering factors like cost, performance, and flexibility
- Partner with technical teams to optimize our compute infrastructure and economics
- Have 8+ years of experience in technical strategy or partnership roles at major cloud providers or tech companies
- Have a proven track record of negotiating large-scale compute deals (>$100M)
- Possess strong technical knowledge of distributed systems and AI infrastructure
- Have deep experience with cloud economics, optimization strategies, and pricing models
- Are skilled at developing long-term technical roadmaps and capacity planning
- Take a data-driven approach to decision making and technical trade-off analysis
- Excel at building relationships and communicating with both technical and business stakeholders
- Are passionate about ensuring advanced AI systems are developed safely and responsibly
- Experience working directly with AI compute infrastructure
- Background in ML/AI technical operations
- Previous work with frontier AI models
- Experience with multiple cloud providers and diverse compute architectures
- Track record of innovative deal structuring in rapidly evolving technical domains
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Help secure and optimize the compute that powers next-generation AI development
- Work on some of the largest and most innovative compute deals in the industry
- Have direct impact on Anthropic's ability to develop frontier AI systems
- Shape the future of AI infrastructure through strategic partnerships
- Collaborate with world-class researchers and engineers pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities
We encourage you to apply even if you don't believe you meet every qualification. Research shows that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We're committed to building a diverse team and believe a broad range of perspectives is crucial for developing safe and beneficial AI systems.
Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
The expected salary range for this position is:
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Location-based hybrid policy: 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.
Visa sponsorship: 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.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. 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. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
How we're differentWe believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.
The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Come work with us!Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.