Applied AI Architect, Anthropic
Startups
€175-190k
OTE
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AI safety and research company
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AI safety and research company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
€175-190k
OTE
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder who has done founder-led sales
- Experience working with startups or high-growth technology companies; you understand the velocity and constraints of early-stage companies
- Strong builder credibility through experience as a software engineer or technical founder; you speak the language of builders and have the presence to earn the trust of technical founders and startup engineering teams
- Deep technical proficiency with building and scaling AI products, a pulse on AI engineering best practices, and the ability to demonstrate why Claude is the best foundation
- Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications in production, with expertise in context engineering, evaluation frameworks, and modern AI architectures
- Strong technical communication skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts into actionable insights for founders and engineering teams
- Track record of selling technical products in competitive markets
- Comfortable with Python and familiarity with common LLM frameworks, tools, and integration patterns
- Passion for making powerful technology safe and societally beneficial
- Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
- Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
- 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
- We urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work
- Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
What the job involves
- As a Solutions Architect on the Startups Applied AI team at Anthropic, you will win the trust of founders and engineers by being an exceptional technical partner, helping startups successfully build on the Claude Developer Platform as they grow from early product to scale
- You'll combine deep technical expertise with a builder-first mindset to help startups architect innovative LLM solutions, win technical evaluations, and get the most out of Claude
- Working closely with Account Executives and the broader Sales, Product, and Engineering teams, you'll guide startups from initial technical discovery through successful deployment and beyond
- You'll leverage your expertise to help founders understand Claude's capabilities, develop evals, and design architectures that maximize the value of our AI systems
- Partner with Account Executives to deeply understand startup requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the Claude adoption journey from initial evaluation through deployment and expansion
- Win technical evaluations that demonstrate why Claude is the best foundation for what startups are building, helping them develop evaluation frameworks to measure Claude's performance for their specific use cases
- Build technical credibility with founders, founding engineers, and startup engineering teams by speaking their language, understanding their build patterns, and guiding technical architecture decisions
- Gather insights on how startups are building with Claude, identify emerging use cases and deployment patterns, and deliver feedback to Product and Engineering teams
- Travel to customer sites, startup-focused events, and industry conferences for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building
Our take
Funded by Google and founded by ex-OpenAI employees, Anthropic is an AI company focused on building a reliable, innovative AI system. While the company is relatively new to the market it has already launched a highly anticipated AI chat assistant called Claude which is set to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Similar to other chatbots, Claude is accessible through a chat interface and can provide a number of conversation and text-processing tasks. A key point of differentiation is that Claude is designed to produce less harmful outputs than that of the other chatbots that came before it.
While there is much praise for the chat assistant, there is still room for improvement with feedback reporting that Claude is worse at maths and grammar compared to its rival. However, with industry giants like Google backing this company from an early stage, and a monumental Series F round of $13 billion awarded in 2025, the company is planning to enhance Claude and expand its presence in Europe. What's more, Anthropic's commitment to "Constitutional AI" positions it as a leader in the responsible development of artificial intelligence.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
190% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 15 rounds)
Apr 2026
$5bn
LATE VC
Feb 2026
$30bn
SERIES G
Total funding: $64.3bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
- Generous subsidy for OneMedical
- 21 weeks of paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO
- Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant
- 401(k) plan with 4% matching
- $500/month flexible wellness stipend
- Commuter coverage
- Annual education stipend
- A home office improvement stipend when you first join
- Relocation support for those moving to the Bay Area
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dario Amodei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Spent almost 5 years at OpenAI as a Team Lead for AI safety and as the Vice President of Research. Also worked as a Research Scientist at Google.
Jared Kaplan
(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)Has been a Professor at John Hopkins University for the past 10 years. Also an experienced researcher having worked previously at OpenAI and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Jack Clark
(Co-Founder)Experienced reporter having worked previously at the Register and Bloomberg. Also worked for OpenAI in Strategy and Communications and as a Policy Director.
Sam McCandlish
(Co-Founder & CTO)Graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Theoretical Physics. Previously worked as a Research Lead at OpenAI.
Tom Brown
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Member of the Technical Staff for both OpenAI and Google Brain.
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