Anthropic
Security Engineer, Offensive Security
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 13 days ago · Added 5 days ago
First listed 13 days ago and still open.
Salary
$300k to $320k per year
Location
United States only
Timezone
US East
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in United States
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
About Anthropic
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.
About the Team
The Security Engineering team's mission is to safeguard our AI systems and maintain the trust of our users and society at large. Whether we're developing critical security infrastructure, building secure development practices, or partnering with our research and product teams, we are committed to operating as a world-class security organization and keeping the safety and trust of our users at the forefront of everything we do.
What You’ll Do:
Conduct red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across our cloud infrastructure, endpoints and bare metal deployments.
Penetration test specific, high value deployments.
Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tooling and workflows.
Work cross functionally with other security and engineering teams, particularly on AI-specific attack scenarios.
Document and present findings to technical and executive audiences, translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights that inform security roadmaps.
Who You Are:
5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations
Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux Security, Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively
Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments
Strong engineering skills (Python, Go, or similar)
Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes
Collaborative approach, working in close collaboration with the blue team
Strong candidates may also have experience with:
Prior work at organizations with state actor threat models
Interest in AI safety and how security engineering contributes to responsible AI developments
Background testing AI/ML systems or agentic workflows
Familiarity with detection engineering and SIEM/EDR platforms from the defensive side
Experience with data center security or hardware-based attacks
Requirements
- ·Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes
- ·Collaborative approach, working in close collaboration with the blue team
- ·Strong candidates may also have experience with:
- ·Prior work at organizations with state actor threat models
- ·Interest in AI safety and how security engineering contributes to responsible AI developments
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Anthropic, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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