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Training (must) Recruiting (must) Marketing Sales (nice)

What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".

Main responsibilities

• Lead and grow the team of engineers building Anthropic's search platform: indexing, retrieval, ranking and serving
• Own the strategy and roadmap for the platform and how Claude's search needs are met over time
• Own search quality: evaluation methodology, relevance measurement, regression detection and the ranking improvements they drive
• Operate the platform at scale, balancing product traffic against research and training demand while holding a high bar on reliability, latency and cost
• Wear the product hat when the work calls for it: prioritize what the search experience needs, sequence launches and represent search in product discussions
• Drive cross-team collaboration with product, research and infrastructure partners; articulate dependencies, risks and progress clearly
• Be hands-on where it matters: design reviews, incident follow-ups and the occasional deep dive into why relevance moved
• Recruit, close and retain strong engineers in a competitive market
• Significant experience managing engineering teams, including hiring and growing a team through rapid change
• Direct experience building or operating search systems at scale: indexing, retrieval, ranking or query serving

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “Anthropic is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Search Platform team.” · “This team builds the search stack behind Claude: the indexes, retrieval and ranking systems and serving infrastructure that power web search across claude.ai…” · “Significant experience managing engineering teams, including hiring and growing a team through rapid change”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “You'll partner with product teams shipping search-backed features, research teams that depend on retrieval quality and capacity, and the infrastructure teams…” · “Drive cross-team collaboration with product, research and infrastructure partners;” · “Strong cross-functional skills;”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “Search is core to how Claude answers questions about the world, and the team owns both the problem and the solution end to end: growing the index, improving …” · “You'll partner with product teams shipping search-backed features, research teams that depend on retrieval quality and capacity, and the infrastructure teams…” · “Own search quality: evaluation methodology, relevance measurement, regression detection and the ranking improvements they drive”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “Drive cross-team collaboration with product, research and infrastructure partners;” · “you can align product, research and infrastructure partners with different priorities” · “Experience migrating traffic off a vendor onto in-house infrastructure”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.” · “As such, we greatly value communication skills.”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “Search is core to how Claude answers questions about the world, and the team owns both the problem and the solution end to end: growing the index, improving …” · “Own the strategy and roadmap for the platform and how Claude's search needs are met over time”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “Wear the product hat when the work calls for it: prioritize what the search experience needs, sequence launches and represent search in product discussions” · “you can align product, research and infrastructure partners with different priorities”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Customer focus Supporting
  In the posting: “Search sits close to the user experience and PM coverage is thin at times, so often the EM helps decide what a good search experience looks like, not just ho…”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Adaptability and learning Supporting
  In the posting: “We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely…”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.

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