Applied AI Security Architect

• Serve as Anthropic's trusted security expert for the most demanding enterprise customers across EMEA, engaging directly with CISOs, security architects, compliance officers, and technical leaders at the largest financial institutions, insurers, and highly regulated enterprises. • Help define how European enterprises should think about security and compliance in the age of AI, addressing questions about MCP, autonomous agents, RBAC, GDPR, EU data residency, and the EU AI Act. • Own the most complex and escalated security conversations in the region, often as the decisive technical voice in front of a CISO.

• Bring 7+ years of experience in enterprise security, cloud architecture, or technical pre-sales with significant exposure to regulated industries in EMEA such as financial services, insurance, and healthcare. • Have deep technical knowledge of enterprise security concepts including network security, identity and access management, encryption at rest and in transit, API security, and audit/logging requirements. • Have deep working knowledge of GDPR covering data residency, data retention, Zero Data Retention, international transfers, and DPIAs, and strong familiarity with the EU AI Act as it applies to foundation models. • Have experience navigating compliance frameworks relevant to European financial services and insurance including DORA, NIS2, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and national regulators' guidance on AI/ML. • Have a track record of leading complex, high-stakes engagements with CISOs, security teams, and compliance officers at large European enterprises. • Have a strong understanding of cloud architecture and deployment models across AWS, Azure, and GCP including VPCs, private endpoints, hybrid connectivity, and the European sovereign cloud landscape. • Have excellent communication skills, able to explain complex security topics to technical and non-technical audiences. • Be fluent in English. • Have a good understanding of the EMEA enterprise AI market and competitive landscape. • Be able to navigate ambiguity and move fast in a rapidly evolving market. • Have a collaborative mindset. • Be excited about AI's potential to transform highly regulated industries and have a genuine desire to help customers adopt it safely and responsibly.

• Speak additional European languages beyond English. • Have experience with specific national regulators' guidance on AI/ML such as FCA/PRA, BaFin, ACPR, or FINMA. • Have experience developing security-focused collateral, reference architectures, and best practices for regulated industries. • Have previous experience as a Field CTO, Security Architect, or Solutions Architect in an AI or cloud company.

• Serve as the primary security and compliance expert in customer engagements, addressing technical questions about Claude's architecture, data flows, encryption, access controls, and deployment models. • Partner with CISOs, security architects, compliance teams, and DPOs to understand their security requirements and design solutions that meet European regulatory standards. • Lead technical deep-dives on network architecture, EU data residency, data retention and Zero Data Retention policies, cross-border data transfers, API security, authentication/authorisation, audit logging, and integration patterns for regulated environments. • Support enterprise security reviews, vendor assessments, and due diligence with detailed technical documentation and expert guidance. • Guide customers through EU AI Act readiness, DORA, and NIS2 and position Anthropic within the European competitive landscape. • Collaborate with Sales and Applied AI teams from initial conversations through deployment. • Partner closely with Anthropic's product and engineering teams to understand Claude's security capabilities, relay customer feedback, and influence the roadmap. • Develop security-focused collateral, reference architectures, and best practices for regulated industries. • Travel regularly across EMEA for security workshops, architecture reviews, and strategic account meetings.

• Receive an annual salary of £190k–£230k GBP. • Work from the London office with a hybrid policy requiring at least 25% office time. • Receive visa sponsorship with every reasonable effort made and an immigration lawyer retained to help. • Receive competitive compensation and benefits with optional equity donation matching. • Receive generous vacation and parental leave. • Enjoy flexible working hours.

Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for users and society. The company is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London.