Applied AI Architect, Commercial
About this role
The Applied AI Architect, Commercial role at Anthropic involves acting as a pre-sales technical advisor to help priority accounts successfully integrate and deploy Claude. Based in San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY, this position suits technical professionals who want to combine hands-on software building with client-facing strategy in the artificial intelligence sector.
Role Overview
In this position, team members operate as pre-sales architects who help clients understand the value of Claude and map out integration strategies. The role requires partnering closely with account executives, sales, product, and engineering teams to shepherd customers from initial technical discovery through full deployment. Professionals in this group build prototypes, create reusable blueprints, and design scalable architectures while ensuring high standards for reliability and safety.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements
Skills and Tools
Salary and Benefits
The annual OTE compensation range for this role is $240,000 to $315,000 USD, which includes both the annual base salary and sales bonuses or commissions targets. Anthropic provides competitive benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation time, parental leave, and flexible working hours.
About the Company
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that remain safe and beneficial for society. Operating as a collaborative team of researchers, engineers, and business leaders, the organization approaches AI research as an empirical science akin to physics and biology.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should visit the official Anthropic careers page to submit an application.
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
What are the location options for this role?
This position is located in San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY under a location-based hybrid policy requiring staff to be in the office at least 25% of the time.
What is the salary range for the Applied AI Architect position?
The annual On Target Earnings compensation range is $240,000 to $315,000 USD, combining base salary and target sales bonuses or commissions.
What level of experience is required?
Applicants need at least 3 years of technical experience as a software engineer with customer-facing exposure, or 3+ years as a solutions architect, sales engineer, or technical account manager with strong hands-on building experience.
Does Anthropic offer visa sponsorship?
Yes, Anthropic sponsors visas for qualifying candidates and retains an immigration lawyer to assist with the process when an offer is made.
What programming language is expected?
Comfort and proficiency with Python are expected for building prototypes and working within codebases.