Applied AI Architect, Startups

Anthropic is dedicated to creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The Applied AI Architect will advise startups on building and scaling solutions on the Claude Developer Platform, guide technical evaluations and deployments, and collaborate with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams. The role also involves developing LLM architectures, gathering startup use-case insights, and supporting customer workshops and events.

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• **Visa sponsorship:** We do sponsor visas!
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• A lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues
• Visa sponsorship for eligible roles and candidates, with an immigration lawyer retained to help with this

Company

• AI safety research and Claude assistants for individuals, developers, organizations
• San Francisco, California, USA
• https://www.anthropic.com/
• Founded in 2021
• 501-1000 employees

Qualifications

• 3+ 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
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• 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

Required skills

• AI Product Development and Scaling, Context Engineering, LLM Application Development, LLM Evaluation Frameworks, LLM Frameworks, LLM Integration Patterns, Modern AI Architectures, Python, Technical Product Sales

Experience

• 3+ years