About the Role: The Application Security team at Anthropic is at the forefront of building security into every phase of the software development lifecycle. As an Application Security Engineer, you will partner closely with software engineers and researchers to ensure that security is a core consideration from initial design through implementation. You will lead threat modeling and secure design reviews to proactively identify and mitigate risks early, and help with continuous risk assessment. You will build tools and systems to support developers shipping code securely, adhering to secure coding best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Help secure AI products and internal tools that are introducing industry-novel security risks and pushing established security boundaries
• Lead “shift left” security efforts to build security into the software development lifecycle
• Conduct secure design reviews and threat modeling. Identify and prioritize risks, attack surfaces, and vulnerabilities
• Develop tooling to scale security code reviews and respond to developer questions, including advising developers on remediating vulnerabilities and following secure coding practices
• Manage Anthropic's vulnerability management program, including integrating data ingestion pipelines, coding logic to prioritize vulnerability fixes, supporting teams remediating vulnerabilities and developing automated systems at scale
• Oversee Anthropic's bug bounty program. Set scope, validate submissions, perform root cause analysis, coordinate remediation with engineering teams, and award bounties. Cultivate relationships with the ethical hacker community
• Collaborate closely with product engineers and researchers to instill security best practices. Advocate for secure architecture, design, and development
• Develop and document security policies, standards, and playbooks. Conduct security awareness training for engineers

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in application and infrastructure security, including securing cloud-based and containerized environments
• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Rust, Go, Java)
• Lead with empathy, a collaborative spirit, and a learning mindset to work cross-functionally with engineers of all levels to build security into the software development life cycle
• Leverage creative and strategic thinking to reduce risk through secure design and simplicity, not just controls
• Possess broad security knowledge to connect the dots across domains and identify holistic ways to decrease the overall threat surface
• Are keen to distill complex security concepts into clear actions and drive consensus without direct authority
• Embody a proactive mindset to thread security throughout the product lifecycle through activities like threat modeling, secure code review, and education
• Have a strong grasp of offensive security to anticipate risks from an adversary's perspective, not just check compliance boxes
• Bring experience with modern application stacks, infrastructure, and security tools to implement pragmatic defenses
• Are practiced at collaborating cross-functionally and effectively balancing security requirements with business objectives
• Advocate for security fundamentals like least privilege, defense-in-depth, and eliminating complexity that could sub-linearly scale security through smart design

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on technical expertise securing complex cloud environments and microservices architectures leveraging technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS / GCP
• Exposure to offensive security techniques like vulnerability testing, bug bounty, pen testing, and red team exercises
• Familiarity with AI/ML security risks such as prompt injection, data poisoning, model extraction, etc. and mitigations
• Experience building security tools, applications, and automated tools
• Solid foundational knowledge of both software and security engineering principles and are keen to continue learning
• Excellent communication skills, able to distill complex security topics for broad audiences
• Worked and thrived in fast-paced environments, and comfortable navigating ambiguity

Annual Compensation Range:

$300,000-$405,000 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.

How to Apply:

If you're interested in this role, please submit your application through our website. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Note:

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.

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Vendor Security Program Manager

Location

San Francisco; New York City; Seattle; Washington, DC

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Security

Compensation

• SF, Seattle and NYC: $207K – $335K • Offers Equity
• Zone A: $186K – $301.5K • Offers Equity
• Zone B: $165.6K – $268K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.

About the Team

The Vendor Security team sits at the core of our mission to ensure our technology benefits humanity safely and securely. We provide security assurances and robust compliance frameworks for our technology, people, and products. Our mission is to build trust with the world in our products and company. Our work is technical yet highly operational, strategically aligning with security and engineering teams to navigate and mitigate risks proactively. We prioritize impact, enable innovation, and foster a culture of continuous compliance and security awareness.

About the Role

As a Program Manager within the Vendor Security team, you will play a crucial role in protecting our organisation against external risks posed by suppliers, vendors, partners, and hardware manufacturers. Your responsibilities will include conducting comprehensive security assessments, building a program to manage global supply chain and vendor risks, and driving security initiatives across all of our third-party relationships. You will be analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive, capable of translating complex security evaluations into clear, actionable strategies.

The role is expected to operate with a strong point of view on risk. You will be responsible not only for identifying and documenting vendor and supply-chain risk, but for helping the company make informed trade-offs between speed, scale, and security. This role requires exceptional organisational skills, the ability to effectively communicate across different business functions, and a strong commitment to operational excellence in a dynamic environment.

This role may be based out of one of our US offices (San Francisco, Seattle, NYC or DC.) We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Be the interface for Security to the rest of the organisation for vendors.

• Own vendor security risk decisions and escalation paths, including clearly documenting risk acceptance, mitigation plans, and executive-level trade-offs when security requirements cannot be fully met.

• Conduct deep, evidence-based security assessments of third parties, including review of architectures, configurations, controls, logs, and operational practices - moving beyond questionnaires and attestations to validate real-world security posture of vendors.

• Assess and manage security risk across a diverse vendor landscape, including SaaS providers, cloud and infrastructure partners, hardware manufacturers, chip suppliers, and other strategic or high-impact suppliers.

• Develop, build, and continuously improve the vendor security program and security supply chain risk management function at OpenAI.

• Develop, propose, and implement effective controls to mitigate identified vendor risks.

• Build and maintain collaborative partnerships with key internal stakeholders including Infrastructure Security, Product, Engineering, Legal, Procurement, and Threat Intelligence to ensure comprehensive security coverage of the vendor and third-party supply chain.

• Streamline and automate vendor and supply chain security processes to increase efficiency and reduce manual overhead.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• Proven experience conducting third-party or supply chain security assessments, including building and scaling a vendor management security program.

• An in-depth understanding of information security principles and controls, including data protection, access management, proactive and reactive security measures, and application security.

• Comfort operating in ambiguity, with the ability to form defensible security opinions even when information is incomplete or uncertain.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and mitigate complex security risks.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• A strong commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement, with a focus on delivering high-quality results in a dynamic environment.

• A passion for security and a desire to make a meaningful impact in the field.

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