Engineering Manager, Connectivity

• Lead a team of Connectivity engineers in London building the infrastructure that powers tool use across Anthropic's product suite, from the MCP proxy to OAuth and token management. • Make Claude the most connected AI as agents take on more real-world work, defining how they get access to external systems safely, with the right permissions, and in ways enterprises can trust. • Ship for claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork, and the API, owning the MCP proxy that routes every tool call and contributing to the MCP spec now an open standard under the Linux Foundation.

• Have experience managing software engineering teams including hiring, coaching, and performance management. • Have a technical background in backend or platform engineering with the depth to guide architectural decisions and engage credibly in technical discussions. • Have experience operating production distributed systems with an understanding of what reliability, observability, and incident response require at scale. • Have excellent communication skills with the ability to build consensus across teams and time zones. • Have demonstrated success building a culture of belonging and of product and engineering excellence.

• Have 3+ years of experience as an engineering manager. • Have familiarity with MCP or experience contributing to open standards or open-source ecosystems. • Have experience leading teams that collaborate closely with distributed or cross-timezone partner teams. • Have familiarity with authentication and authorisation concepts such as OAuth, token management, or identity systems. • Have experience building or operating API gateways, proxies, or multi-tenant platforms. • Have experience building for enterprise customers including admin controls, governance, and compliance requirements. • Have experience working on AI/ML products or agentic systems.

• Lead a team of engineers building the connectivity infrastructure that powers tool use across Anthropic's product suite from the MCP proxy to OAuth and token management. • Take an inclusive, equitable approach to hiring and coaching top technical talent and maintain a high-performing team. • Coach, mentor, and provide career development guidance to direct reports, helping them set and achieve their professional goals. • Partner with Connectivity engineering leadership in San Francisco along with product, security, and platform teams to define the team's roadmap and create clarity in an ambiguous and evolving environment. • Drive cross-team and cross-org alignment to ship work that spans claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork, and the API, working effectively with teams primarily based in the US. • Establish and drive adoption of engineering best practices within the team including the operational rigour required for infrastructure that other teams and external partners depend on. • Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Anthropic's engineering management team.

• Receive an annual salary of £255k–£325k 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. • Contribute to the MCP spec, an open standard under the Linux Foundation.

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.