Software Engineer (Identity & Access Controls)
Company: Anthropic
Location: Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY
Salary: $320k - $405k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-06-25
About this role
- As Claude’s capabilities grow, so does our responsibility to ensure those capabilities reach the right people. The Identity & Access Controls team builds the systems that verify who our customers are, grant access to advanced model capabilities for approved use cases, and ensure that access is not misused
- As a software engineer on this team, you will build the identity, vetting, and access management infrastructure that underpins our trusted access programs, along with the monitoring and enforcement tooling that keeps them safe
- This work sits at the center of how Anthropic deploys frontier capabilities responsibly, balancing broad access with rigorous safeguards
- Build identity verification and vetting systems (KYC/KYB) that establish who our individual and business customers are
- Design and implement access control systems that grant, scope, and revoke access to advanced capabilities based on approved use cases
- Build infrastructure to configure safety systems and detection thresholds on a per-customer basis for trusted access programs
- Develop monitoring to detect misuse of expanded access, and tooling that enables enforcement teams to act on it
- Detect and remediate account takeover
- Integrate with third-party identity verification and data enrichment vendors
- Create monitoring dashboards, alerts, and internal admin tooling
- Work closely with policy, enforcement, threat intelligence, and go-to-market teams to ensure access decisions are well-informed and consistently applied
### 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...