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Senior Engineering Manager, Capacity Engineering

AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WASoftware Engineering - Infrastructure
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Salary
$405K — $485K USD
Job type
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Posted
11 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Senior Engineering Manager, Capacity Engineering is an onsite leadership position based in San Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, or Seattle, WA, that suits an experienced engineering leader with a background in infrastructure and production systems. This role involves directing a team that manages infrastructure resource allocation, data platforms, and compute efficiency across a large technology fleet.

Role Overview

Anthropic seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for Capacity Engineering to oversee the team responsible for tracking, allocating, and optimizing infrastructure resources. This position requires an onsite presence five days a week in San Francisco, New York City, or Seattle. The manager will balance hands-on technical guidance with people management, supporting internal customers across research, infrastructure, inference, and finance.

Key Responsibilities

Hire, onboard, coach, and retain senior and staff engineers while managing performance and team culture.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as research engineering, inference, infrastructure, and finance.
Formulate and execute a prioritized engineering roadmap spanning data platforms, capacity planning, and efficiency.
Maintain high technical standards by reviewing designs, evaluating architecture, and ensuring reliable operations using Python and SQL.
Treat data quality, schema contracts, and self-service access as core deliverables for a wide range of consumers.
Establish service-level objectives, on-call practices, and incident response procedures for load-bearing systems.
Plan the strategic scaling of headcount, skills, and systems as the compute fleet diversifies.

Requirements

Experience managing software or infrastructure engineering teams, including hiring and performance management.
Technical background in production systems, covering data engineering, infrastructure, distributed systems, or observability.
Familiarity with a major cloud provider such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, alongside Kubernetes and modern observability stacks like Prometheus and Grafana.
Track record of executing engineering roadmaps in ambiguous, high-autonomy environments.
Communication skills suitable for translating technical metrics to research engineers and financial forecasts to executive leadership.
Comfort maintaining operational ownership and incident management responsibility for critical systems.

Nice to Have

Experience leading teams focused on capacity planning, resource management, product engineering, or FinOps at a hyperscaler or large-scale machine learning environment.
Familiarity with accelerator infrastructure, including GPU metrics, TPU utilization, and hardware-level machine learning training and inference systems.
Experience normalizing multi-cloud billing and telemetry data.
Background in building internal data products with self-service access and documentation.
Experience in scheduling, packing efficiency, or profiling-driven optimization of distributed workloads.

Skills and Tools

Python
SQL
Kubernetes
BigQuery
Prometheus
Grafana
AWS
GCP
Azure
GPU and TPU metrics

Salary and Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $405,000 to $485,000 USD.

About the Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable artificial intelligence systems with a focus on safety and societal benefit. The organization brings together researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders to construct beneficial AI technology.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please visit the official Anthropic careers page.

Skills and tech stack

PythonSQLKubernetesBigQueryPrometheusGrafanaAWSGCPAzureDistributed Systems

Questions candidates ask

Where is this job located?

This role is based onsite 5 days a week in San Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, or Seattle, WA.

What is the salary range for the role?

The annual salary range is $405,000 to $485,000 USD.

Is visa sponsorship available?

Yes, visa sponsorship is provided, and the company works with an immigration lawyer to assist candidates who receive an offer.

What education is required?

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field is required.

What are the primary focus areas of the Capacity Engineering team?

The team's work centers on three primary areas: data platforms, planning and assurance, and efficiency.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Anthropic careers page.

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