About the role:
At Anthropic, we believe new AI capabilities are best achieved through secure foundations, not in spite of them. As capabilities grow more advanced, it is critical that progress moves forward safely and for the benefit of all society. It is the reason why security sits at the center of our work, and not as an afterthought.
We're specifically looking for an Engineering Manager to help us scale the Claude Code team. The ideal candidate loves to use Claude Code, has management experience, and still codes every day. This role requires someone who combines deep and broad technical know-how with leadership experience.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain core features across Claude Code's full stack. Spend the majority of effort writing and reviewing code
- Lead and develop the Seattle engineering team, including hiring, performance management, career development, and fostering team culture
- Partner with the SF engineering manager to facilitate cross-team alignment, coordinate execution across distributed engineering efforts, and ensure clear communication of technical decisions and priorities
- Prioritize and develop capabilities that address common enterprise customer needs across multiple use cases, ensuring feature investments deliver broad value. Partner with customers to understand their needs
- Work closely with researchers, product managers, and designers to translate user needs and research insights into robust technical solutions
- Stay deeply connected to the developer experience by actively using Claude Code, engaging with both internal and external users, and maintaining expertise in modern development environments, tools, and workflows
- Ensure high code quality, robust testing, and scalable architecture across all team deliverables while balancing rapid iteration with long-term maintainability and security requirements. Tend to the team's developer experience by maintaining clean development workflows, simple onboarding, and efficient paths from development to production
You may be a good fit if you:
- Have 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in engineering management or technical leadership roles
- Excel at both writing production code and leading engineering teams, with experience shipping complex features from concept to deployment
- Bring strong technical skills across modern web technologies, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems
- Have experience working with enterprise customers and translating their needs into scalable product features
- Thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and can balance multiple priorities while maintaining team focus
- Are passionate about developer tools and have deep familiarity with IDEs, development workflows, and what makes engineers productive
- Value both technical excellence and pragmatic delivery, knowing when to build for the long term vs. ship quickly
Strong candidates may also have experience with:
- Project management for extremely fast-moving projects
- Mentoring junior team members
- Leading cross-functional initiatives with demonstrated influence across organizational boundaries
- Public speaking or presenting technical content
- Client-facing communication
- Building widely-used tools for software development, especially CLIs
- Implementing continuous improvement processes
- Performance optimization and troubleshooting
- Evaluating and testing new technologies and coding products
- Working effectively within expanding organizational frameworks
This is an opportunity to shape the future of AI-driven development tools while working alongside top engineers and researchers in the field.
