Anthropic· AI Research & Engineering· San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Classified Tasks (11)
Automate 0%Augment 45%Human-Only 55%
Augment (5)
AI assists, human decides
Familiarize yourself with the team's technical stack and make targeted contributions as an individual contributor
technical
Identify and remove bottlenecks in systems and processes
operational
Build robust, durable solutions addressing performance and scaling issues
technical
Optimize system efficiency for inference and training workloads to maximize compute utilization and performance
technical
Optimize and allocate compute resources to maximize efficiency and impact for inference and training
technical
Human-Only (6)
Requires human judgment
Provide front-line leadership of engineering efforts to improve model performance and scale inference and training systems
leadership
Manage day-to-day execution of the team's work
operational
Prioritize the team's work and manage projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
operational
Coach and support direct reports in understanding and pursuing their professional growth
leadership
Maintain a deep understanding of the team's technical work and its implications for AI safety
technical
Provide clarity, focus, and context to teams during fast-paced, dynamic operations
communication
Job description
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: Anthropic’s performance and scaling teams focus on making the most efficient and impactful use of our compute resources, be it inference or training. As an Engineering Manager on these teams you will be responsible for ensuring you and your team are identifying and removing bottlenecks, building robust and durable solutions, and maximizing the efficiency of our systems. You also will help bring clarity, focus, and context to your teams in a fast paced, dynamic environment. Responsibilities: Provide front-line leadership of engineering efforts to improve model performance and scale our inference and training systems Become familiar with the team’s technical stack enough to make targeted contributions as an individual contributor Manage day-to-day execution of the team's work Prioritize the team’s work and manage projects in a highly dynamic, fast paced environment Coach and support your reports in understanding, and pursuing, their professional growth Maintain a deep understanding of the team's technical work and its implications for AI safety You may be a good fit if you: Have 1+ years of management experience in a technical environment, particularly performance or distributed systems Have a background in machine learning, AI, or a similar related technical field Are deeply interested in the potential transformative effects of advanced AI systems and are committed to ensuring their safe development Excel at building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels Are a quick learner, capable of understanding and contributing to discussions on complex technical topics Have experience managing teams through periods of rapid growth and change Are a quick study: this team sits at the intersection of a large number of different complex technical systems that you’ll need to understand (at a high level of abstraction) to be effective Strong candidates may also have experience with: High performance, large-scale ML systems GPU/Accelerator programming ML framework internals OS internals Language modeling with transformers 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: $500,000 — $850,000 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