Engineering Manager, Claude Platform

About this role

Anthropic

Engineering Manager, Claude Platform

San Francisco, CA +1Full-time

Checked 6h ago

Posted 14 Oct 2026 on Anthropic's careers page

What the interview will test

Engineering Manager interviews are usually assessed on

• Leadership & Influence
• Stakeholder Communication
• Prioritization & Trade-offs
• Conflict Resolution
• Talent Assessment & Hiring
• Execution & Roadmapping

Practicing for this role builds your session around these skills, with this posting's own requirements folded in.

What you'd do

• Lead a team of engineers to ship high quality work quickly, owning planning, prioritization, delivery, and operational health
• Partner with product to set your team's roadmap, and bring a strong point of view on what developers need
• Talk to customers directly and turn what you learn into engineering priorities
• Guide API design and architecture decisions for distributed systems that have to stay reliable as usage grows
• Work closely with Research, Safeguards, Security, and go-to-market teams to bring new model capabilities to developers safely
• Recruit, coach, and grow strong engineers

What they're looking for

• You have experience managing high-performing software engineering teams shipping developer products, including hiring, coaching, and performance management
• You're product-minded and customer-oriented. You care about who uses what your team builds, and you've shaped roadmaps alongside product partners
• You've built and scaled distributed systems in production, and you have the technical depth required to guide architecture and API design
• You've led teams that ship quickly and hold a high quality bar
• You collaborate well across functions and can align teams you don't manage
• You care about Anthropic's mission and about developing AI safely

Nice to have

• Experience building agent infrastructure or products on top of LLMs
• Experience with identity, verification, access control, or trust and safety systems