Senior Security Software Engineer, eBPF & Security Sensors Zürich, CH

Senior Security Software Engineer, eBPF & Security Sensors
About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

We re seeking an exceptional engineer to join Anthropic s Detection Platform team to build and scale our next-generation security analytics infrastructure. In this role, you ll architect and implement data pipelines that process massive amounts of security telemetry, develop ML-powered detection systems, and create innovative solutions that leverage Claude to transform security operations.

• Build an AI-powered platform responsible for all aspects of detection and response capabilities, from detection development to incident response
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines for ingesting and processing security telemetry across our rapidly growing infrastructure
• Architect solutions for storing and efficiently querying large volumes of security-relevant data
• Create rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts for new security tooling and analytics capabilities
• Work closely with security and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions
• Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring and growth of the Security team
• Participate in on-call rotations

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on security, infrastructure, or data pipelines
• Track record of building and maintaining internal developer tools or security platforms
• Strong understanding of data processing pipelines and experience working with large-scale logging systems
• Experience with test-driven software development or CI/CD (a plus for direct experience with detection-as-code workflows)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Experience with query optimization for large datasets
• Experience building stable and scalable services on cloud infrastructure and serverless architectures
• Ability to write maintainable and secure code in Python
• Experience working with security teams and translating requirements into technical solutions
• Ability to lead technical projects with minimal guidance
• Track record of driving engineering excellence through high standards, constructive code reviews, and mentorship
• Ability to lead cross-functional security initiatives and navigate complex organizational dynamics
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts effectively across all organizational levels
• Demonstrated success in bringing clarity and ownership to ambiguous technical problems
• Strong systems thinking with ability to identify and mitigate risks in complex environments

• Experience building security tooling from the ground up
• Background in implementing security monitoring solutions (SIEM, log aggregation, EDR)
• Background in detection engineering or security operations
• Experience with SOAR platform or automation development
• Experience with data lake or database architecture
• Experience with API design and internal platform creation
• Track record of applying ML/AI to security problems
• Experience scaling security operations in a high-growth environment

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

CHF
280,000 - CHF
350,000 CHF

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
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…