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# Security Engineer, Offensive Security

- **Company:** Anthropic Limited
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $300,000.0 - $320,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Python (Programming Language), Linux Security Modules, Software Safety, Security Information and Event Management, Kubernetes, Bare Metal, Machine Learning Operations, Purple Team (Cyber Security), Blue Team (Cyber Security), Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_9f010dba7c493efa92204f65f7cef470

## About the Role

* 5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations
 * Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux Security, Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
 * Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively
 * Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments
 * Strong engineering skills (Python, Go, or similar)
 * Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes
 * Collaborative approach, working in close collaboration with the blue team

Strong Candidates May Also Have Experience With

 * Prior work at organizations with state actor threat models
 * Interest in AI safety and how security engineering contributes to responsible AI developments
 * Background testing AI/ML systems or agentic workflows
 * Familiarity with detection engineering and SIEM/EDR platforms from the defensive side
 * Experience with data center security or hardware-based attacks, 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.

## Description

* Conduct red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across our cloud infrastructure, endpoints and bare metal deployments.
 * Penetration test specific, high value deployments.
 * Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tooling and workflows.
 * Work cross functionally with other security and engineering teams, particularly on AI-specific attack scenarios.
 * Document and present findings to technical and executive audiences, translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights that inform security roadmaps.