Anthropic

Threat Collections Engineer

Anthropic

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $300,000 - $405,000 per year

About the role

  • Build automated detection systems that use disparate signals to identify abusive behavior
  • Take systems from idea to proof-of-concept to production-grade with appropriate monitoring, documentation, and maintenance processes
  • Develop and maintain YARA rule infrastructure, including tools for writing, validating, and testing rules against real data
  • Create integrations with external threat intelligence platforms (e.g. VirusTotal, Censys, Urlscan) via MCP servers to enable multi-source correlation during investigations
  • Build data pipelines that ingest intelligence from RSS feeds, CTI news sources, and partner sharing, using Claude to extract TTPs and generate targeted hunting queries
  • Develop behavioral analytics capabilities using DBT-based frameworks and create searchable audit logging infrastructure
  • Establish feedback loops with investigators to tune detection systems and reduce false positives
  • Scrape and normalize data from external sources to feed threat detection and enrichment workflows

Requirements

  • Strong coding proficiency in Python and SQL
  • Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow, DBT, or similar)
  • Familiarity with threat intelligence concepts including IOCs, YARA rules, and threat correlation techniques
  • Experience integrating external APIs and building data ingestion systems
  • Can translate investigator needs and workflows into technical requirements
  • Comfortable building v0 systems and iterating based on user feedback
  • Strong communication skills for working closely with non-engineering stakeholders
  • Experience with threat intelligence sharing frameworks (e.g. MISP, STIX/TAXII)
  • Background in cyber threat intelligence, security operations, or abuse detection
  • Experience building MCP servers or similar tool integrations for AI systems
  • Familiarity with web scraping and data extraction at scale
  • Understanding of LLM capabilities and how to leverage them for automation
  • A Top Secret Clearance
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation
  • Generous vacation
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Visa sponsorship
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLYARA rulesdata pipeline orchestrationDBTAPI integrationweb scrapingdata extractionbehavioral analyticsthreat correlation techniques
Soft Skills
strong communication skillstranslating technical requirementsiterating based on user feedback
Certifications
Top Secret Clearance