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Forward Deployed Engineer (Applied AI) Anthropic
AI safety and research for reliable and steerable systems.
Permanent
Boston, New York, Washington
Remote: Not specified
200K to 300K $ a year
> 3 years
Skills we're looking for
Communication skills
Collaboration and teamwork
Java
TypeScript
Claude
+2
You'll be part of
Boston, New York, Washington
1035 employees
Logiciels
Intelligence artificielle / Machine Learning
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.
You'll be working on
- As a member of the Applied AI team at Anthropic, you will be a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) who embeds directly with our most strategic customers to drive transformational AI adoption
- You will collaborate closely with customer teams to ship advanced AI applications that solve real world business problems
- Our FDEs engage with customers to accelerate the adoption of existing products and create new applications built on our models
- Working closely with our Post-Sales, Product, and Engineering teams, you’ll combine engineering expertise, an understanding of frontier AI applications, and customer-facing skills to understand customer workflows and develop innovative solutions that address complex business challenges while maintaining our high standards for safety and reliability
- You will sit at the frontier of enterprise AI deployments and serve as one of our founding FDEs who helps to shape our forward-deployed motion
- We expect our FDEs to operate autonomously, thrive under ambiguity, and represent Anthropic at the highest level in customer environments. This is a significant responsibility: you’ll play a key role in championing our mission in the enterprise
- Work within customer systems to build production applications with Claude models, ensuring that these products meet customer requirements
- Deliver technical artifacts for customers like MCP servers, sub-agents, and agent skills that will be used in production workflows
- Provide white glove deployment support for Anthropic products in enterprise environments
- Identify and codify repeatable deployment patterns and contribute insights back to our Product and Engineering teams
- Maintain strong knowledge of the latest developments in LLM capabilities, implementation patterns, and AI product development stacks
- Build long term relationships with customers and proactively identify new opportunities for AI deployment throughout the lifecycle of an engagement
- Potential Travel (based on location) to customer sites to build in person with customers. - Estimated 25%
- Be a champion for Anthropic’s mission in the field
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
We're looking for
- Passion for advancing safe, beneficial AI systems through creative technical applications
- Production experience with LLMs including advanced prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale
- Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python (and ideally in one or more additional languages like Typescript, Java, etc) and experience shipping production applications
- Experience working as an FDE or in a professional services context is a plus
- High cooperation mindset for cross-organizational collaboration, balancing competing priorities with integrity
- High agency with an ability to navigate ambiguity present in complex organizations
- Strong communication skills to conduct discovery with customers and to convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders while maintaining a low ego and collaborative approach
- Experience with enterprise IT systems and/or AI deployment patterns is a plus
- 3+ years of experience in a technical, customer facing role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, or as a Software Engineer with consulting experience. Former technical founders are also encouraged to apply
- A background in financial services, healthcare/life sciences, or another enterprise vertical is a plus
- We require at least a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification