Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise

How they work

• Responsibilities Partner with Enterprise Account Executives and Applied AI Architects to take enterprise customers in Germany from first conversation, through technical evaluation, proof of value and procurement, to the decision to build on Claude Lead the technical side of each opportunity through to that decision, and remain the customer's technical advisor on Claude as they deploy Set customers and their systems integration partners up to deliver: agree the target architecture, define what good looks like, and stay on hand to advise the delivery team as the build progresses Guide enterprise customers to the frontier of AI, advising them on how to deploy Claude into their operations, their products, and their ways of working Help customer engineering teams see how they would build on Claude, covering architecture, agent design and evaluation, so they can make a confident decision Build and present the business value case for Claude with C-level and senior executives, in German and English, linking technical capabilities to measurable outcomes such as cost, revenue, risk, and time to market Guide customers through long, multi-stakeholder procurement and adoption cycles, including technical evaluations, proofs of concept, security and architecture reviews, and a clear path to production Work with Account Executives on account strategy, deal qualification, and executive engagement plans, and with Applied AI Architects to keep context and continuity across every engagement Run executive briefings, technical workshops, and enablement sessions for both leadership and engineering audiences Navigate enterprise requirements around security, compliance, data residency, and governance, working with Anthropic's internal teams where needed Identify patterns across enterprise engagements and feed insights back to Product, Engineering, and the wider Applied AI team Travel to customer sites across Germany for executive meetings, workshops, and relationship building You may be a good fit if you have Native or fluent German, written and spoken, as you will work day to day with German enterprise customers at both executive and engineering level 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Solutions Architect, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder Experience in a pre-sales or technical advisory role selling into large enterprises, ideally in the German market, including scoping and designing complex solutions Experience with value-based selling, meaning you can build a business case, quantify impact, and present it to senior decision makers Comfort presenting to, and building relationships with, C-level and VP-level stakeholders Experience owning the technical win in enterprise deals: evaluations, proofs of concept and technical due diligence with engineering, security, legal and procurement teams Production experience with LLM-powered applications, including prompting, context engineering, agent architectures, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale A hands-on engineering background, including building and deploying production applications, so you can relate to engineering leaders and their teams Familiarity with enterprise security, compliance, and architecture requirements, and experience working through them with customer teams The ability to explain complex AI concepts clearly to both technical and executive audiences, and to move between industries such as financial services, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing A passion for making powerful technology safe and beneficial 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.
• We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

Eligibility

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

• We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.