IT Systems Engineer, Client Platform Engineer, macOS

Posted Yesterday
5 Locations
In-Office or Remote
285K-325K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Natural Language Processing • Generative AI
The Role
Own Anthropic’s endpoint platform, including MDM infrastructure, macOS and mobile configuration as code, patching, zero-touch provisioning, telemetry, compliance controls, and automation. Operate the platform as a production service with observability, incident response, progressive rollouts, and rollback. Partner with Security, developer, and infrastructure teams on endpoint hardening and trusted-device access. Support Linux systems, document platform operations, and provide advanced escalation support.
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About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

The Endpoint team (Client Platform Engineering) treats Anthropic's device fleet as a platform we build and run. We run our own MDM as a production service and manage every piece of device configuration as code. Policies, configuration profiles, queries, remediation scripts, and software all ship through pull requests, CI, a staging environment, and a canary group before they reach the fleet. The fleet is mostly macOS, plus a small number of Linux machines and a growing mobile footprint.

You'll own that platform end to end: the infrastructure underneath the MDM, the configuration on top of it, the patching and software pipelines that keep thousands of devices patched and secure, and the telemetry that tells us what is actually true on every device. You'll also build automation that cuts down on manual operational work. You'll work with Security teams on hardening, compliance controls, and detection and response, and with developer and infrastructure teams to make sure those controls don't get in the way of their work. Your work will let us base access decisions on whether a device can be trusted.

We value people who double check a compliance report before they believe it. The team is deliberately lean and runs with high autonomy. You'll help define the endpoint roadmap, make architecture decisions, and own the platform every Anthropic employee's work runs on. You'll also help us meet the security standards our Responsible Scaling Policy requires as models advance.

Responsibilities
  • Own endpoint configuration as code: author, review, test, and progressively roll out MDM policies, configuration profiles, and remediation scripts across macOS and mobile, with canary stages and rollback built in
  • Operate the MDM platform itself as a production service, including infrastructure as code, observability, upgrades, and incident response
  • Build patch management automation with rapid enforcement timelines while maintaining good user experience
  • Design zero touch provisioning that turns a sealed box into a productive machine on day one
  • Support a small number of Linux machines alongside the Mac fleet
  • Turn fleet telemetry into policy, dashboards, and early drift warnings, and use Claude to automate manual ops work
  • Partner with Corporate Security on endpoint hardening, binary authorization, and compliance controls
  • Take shifts on the team's rotation for incoming requests and escalations, and serve as the deep escalation tier for endpoint issues IT Operations can't resolve
You may be a good fit if you
  • Have 8+ years building secure IT systems in complex environments, including leading projects across multiple teams
  • Have managed endpoint fleets of thousands of macOS devices through a modern MDM
  • Treat endpoint configuration as code that is version controlled and peer reviewed, rather than clicking in consoles
  • Go deep on macOS internals such as launchd, configuration profiles, TCC, and system extensions
  • Write Python and shell scripts
  • Write design docs and runbooks so teammates can review and support what you build
Strong candidates may also have
  • Have operated an MDM or device management platform as a service, not only consumed one as SaaS
  • Have worked with open source endpoint and device management tooling (Munki, osquery, AutoPkg)
  • Have built automated, progressive rollout systems with promotion gated on telemetry
  • Have experience running infrastructure as code in a public cloud
  • Have working knowledge of Linux administration (packaging, systems, config management)
  • Have used LLMs to automate ops work

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be received on a rolling basis.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. 

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:
$285,000—$325,000 USD
Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.  Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
  • 8+ years building secure IT systems in complex environments
  • Experience leading projects across multiple teams
  • Experience managing endpoint fleets of thousands of macOS devices through a modern MDM
  • Experience managing endpoint configuration as code using version control and peer review
  • Deep knowledge of macOS internals, including launchd, configuration profiles, TCC, and system extensions
  • Ability to write Python and shell scripts
  • Ability to write design documents and runbooks
  • Experience operating an MDM or device management platform as a service
  • Experience with Munki, osquery, or AutoPkg
  • Experience building automated progressive rollout systems gated by telemetry
  • Experience running infrastructure as code in a public cloud
  • Working knowledge of Linux administration, including packaging, systems, and configuration management
  • Experience using LLMs to automate operations work

Anthropic Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Anthropic and has not been reviewed or approved by Anthropic.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage for employees and dependents is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, and vision, alongside robust mental-health resources. Feedback suggests this breadth, paired with life and income protection, is a standout element of the package.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-building support includes inclusive fertility benefits and an extended paid parental leave policy. Feedback suggests these programs are positioned as company‑wide and accessible rather than one‑off perks.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Everyday support spans wellness/time‑saver stipends, education and home‑office stipends, commuter benefits, daily meals/snacks, and relocation assistance. Feedback suggests these perks meaningfully supplement core pay and healthcare.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
2,500 Employees

What We Do

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.

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