Applied AI Security Architect, Anthropic
£190-225k
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AI safety and research company
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AI safety and research company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£190-225k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in enterprise security, cloud architecture, or technical pre-sales, with significant exposure to regulated industries in EMEA (financial services, insurance, healthcare)
- Deep technical knowledge of enterprise security concepts: network security, identity and access management, encryption (at rest and in transit), API security, and audit/logging requirements
- Deep working knowledge of GDPR (data residency, data retention and Zero Data Retention, international transfers, DPIAs) and strong familiarity with the EU AI Act as it applies to foundation models
- Experience navigating compliance frameworks relevant to European financial services and insurance (DORA, NIS2, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and national regulators' guidance on AI/ML such as FCA/PRA, BaFin, ACPR, FINMA)
- A track record of leading complex, high-stakes engagements with CISOs, security teams, and compliance officers at large European enterprises
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture and deployment models (AWS, Azure, GCP), including VPCs, private endpoints, hybrid connectivity, and the European sovereign cloud landscape
- Excellent communication skills: able to explain complex security topics to technical and non-technical audiences
- Fluent English; additional European languages are a strong plus
- A good understanding of the EMEA enterprise AI market and competitive landscape
- The ability to navigate ambiguity and move fast in a rapidly evolving market
- A collaborative mindset: sales at Anthropic is a team sport
- Excitement about AI's potential to transform highly regulated industries, and a genuine desire to help customers adopt it safely and responsibly
- 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
- Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
- 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
What the job involves
- As an Applied AI Security Architect, you will serve as Anthropic's trusted security expert for our most demanding enterprise customers
- You'll engage directly with CISOs, security architects, compliance officers, and technical leaders at the largest financial institutions, insurers, and other highly regulated enterprises across EMEA to address their most critical questions about deploying Claude safely and securely — including the security capabilities of our latest generations of Claude models
- This is a pre-sales technical role focused on security, compliance, networking, and data architecture. Your job is to walk into a room full of security professionals and demonstrate deep expertise in enterprise security, regulatory compliance, and data protection
- Whether you've been a Security Architect, Solutions Architect, Field CTO, or senior pre-sales engineer, what matters is that you understand how large European institutions evaluate and adopt technology, and can speak credibly to their security and compliance concerns
- This is a senior role: you will own our most complex and escalated security conversations in the region, often as the decisive technical voice in front of a CISO
- We are looking for someone excited to help define how European enterprises should think about security and compliance in the age of AI. How do MCP, autonomous agents, and RBAC work together? How do you deploy frontier models in line with GDPR, EU data residency, and the EU AI Act? If working at the intersection of AI adoption and regulated industries excites you, this is the role for you
- Serve as the primary security and compliance expert in customer engagements, addressing technical questions about Claude's architecture, data flows, encryption, access controls, and deployment models
- Partner with CISOs, security architects, compliance teams, and DPOs to understand their security requirements and design solutions that meet European regulatory standards (GDPR, EU AI Act, DORA, NIS2, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and national regulator expectations)
- Lead technical deep-dives on network architecture, EU data residency, data retention and Zero Data Retention (ZDR) policies, cross-border data transfers, API security, authentication/authorization, audit logging, and integration patterns for regulated environments
- Support enterprise security reviews, vendor assessments, and due diligence with detailed technical documentation and expert guidance
- Guide customers through EU AI Act readiness, DORA, and NIS2, and position Anthropic within the European competitive landscape
- Collaborate with Sales and Applied AI teams from initial conversations through deployment
- Partner closely with Anthropic’s product and engineering teams to understand Claude's security capabilities, relay customer feedback, and influence the roadmap
- Develop security-focused collateral, reference architectures, and best practices for regulated industries
- Travel regularly across EMEA for security workshops, architecture reviews, and strategic account meetings
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funded by Google and founded by ex-OpenAI employees, Anthropic has emerged as one of the leading companies in AI, focused on building reliable and safe AI systems. Since its launch, the company has rapidly grown into a major player in the industry, with its AI assistant Claude now widely recognized as a strong competitor to ChatGPT.
Like other chatbots, Claude is accessible through a conversational interface and supports a wide range of text-generation and reasoning tasks. A key point of differentiation remains its emphasis on safety, with Anthropic's "Constitutional AI" approach aiming to produce more aligned and less harmful outputs than earlier generations of AI systems.
While Claude has received significant praise for its performance and alignment, some users have notes areas for improvement, particularly in technical domains such as complex mathematics and precision in grammar. However, with substantial backing freom major tech players and multi-billion-dollar funding rounds, Anthropic has firmly established itself as a long-term competitor in the AI space.
Now the company is continuing to refine Claude's capabilities while expanding globally, including growing its presence in Europe. And its ongoing commitment to responsible AI development put it in a position to be not just a competitor, but a key influence on the direction of the industry as a whole.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
190% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 16 rounds)
May 2026
$65bn
SERIES H
Apr 2026
$15bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $139.3bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
- 22 weeks of paid parental leave
- Flexible paid time off and absence policies
- Mental health support for you and your dependents
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Optional equity donation matching at a 1:1 ratio, up to 25% of your equity grant
- Retirement plans with competitive matching
- Life and income protection plans
- $500/month flexible wellness and time saver stipend
- Commuter benefits
- Annual education stipend
- Home office stipends
- Relocation support for those moving for Anthropic
- Daily meals and snacks in the office
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dario Amodei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Anthropic in 2021, Dario spent almost 5 years at OpenAI as a Team Lead for AI safety and as the Vice President of Research. They also worked as a Research Scientist at Google.
Jared Kaplan
(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)Jared hs been a Professor at John Hopkins University since 2012. They are also an experienced Researcher having worked previously at OpenAI and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Jack Clark
(Co-Founder)Jack is an experienced Reporter having worked previously at the Register and Bloomberg. They also worked for OpenAI in Strategy and Communications and as a Policy Director.
Sam McCandlish
(Co-Founder & CTO)Sam graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Theoretical Physics. They previously worked as a Research Lead at OpenAI.
Tom Brown
(Co-Founder)Tom previously worked as a Member of the Technical Staff for both OpenAI and Google Brain.
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