Applied AI Security Architect

Salary: £57,000 - 73,000 per year

Requirements:

• We have 7+ years of experience in enterprise security, cloud architecture, or technical pre-sales, with significant exposure to regulated industries in EMEA such as financial services, insurance, or healthcare.
• We have deep technical knowledge of enterprise security concepts, including network security, identity and access management, encryption at rest and in transit, API security, and audit/logging requirements.
• We have working knowledge of GDPR, including data residency, data retention, Zero Data Retention, international transfers, and DPIAs, and familiarity with the EU AI Act as it applies to foundation models.
• We have experience navigating compliance frameworks relevant to European financial services and insurance, including DORA, NIS2, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and national regulators guidance on AI/ML such as FCA/PRA, BaFin, ACPR, and FINMA.
• We have a track record of leading complex, high-stakes engagements with CISOs, security teams, and compliance officers at large European enterprises.
• We have a strong understanding of cloud architecture and deployment models, including AWS, Azure, and GCP, as well as VPCs, private endpoints, hybrid connectivity, and the European sovereign cloud landscape.
• We have excellent communication skills and can explain complex security topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• We are fluent in English; additional European languages are a strong plus.
• We have a good understanding of the EMEA enterprise AI market and competitive landscape.
• We can navigate ambiguity and move fast in a rapidly evolving market.
• We have a collaborative mindset and understand that sales is a team sport.
• We are excited about AIs potential to transform highly regulated industries and want to help customers adopt it safely and responsibly.
• We have a bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a field relevant to the role.

Responsibilities:

• We serve as the primary security and compliance expert in customer engagements, addressing technical questions about Claudes architecture, data flows, encryption, access controls, and deployment models.
• We partner with CISOs, security architects, compliance teams, and DPOs to understand security requirements and design solutions that meet European regulatory standards.
• We lead technical deep-dives on network architecture, EU data residency, data retention, Zero Data Retention policies, cross-border data transfers, API security, authentication and authorization, audit logging, and integration patterns for regulated environments.
• We support enterprise security reviews, vendor assessments, and due diligence with detailed technical documentation and expert guidance.
• We guide customers through EU AI Act readiness, DORA, and NIS2, and position Anthropic within the European competitive landscape.
• We collaborate with Sales and Applied AI teams from initial conversations through deployment.
• We partner closely with our product and engineering teams to understand Claudes security capabilities, relay customer feedback, and influence the roadmap.
• We develop security-focused collateral, reference architectures, and best practices for regulated industries.
• We travel regularly across EMEA for security workshops, architecture reviews, and strategic account meetings.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• GCP
• Support
• Network
• REST
• Security
• CTO
• MCP
• RBAC

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We are Anthropic, a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with a mission to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for our users and for society. Our team is a quickly growing group of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI. This senior Applied AI Security Architect role is a pre-sales technical position focused on security, compliance, networking, and data architecture for our largest enterprise customers across EMEA, especially in highly regulated industries. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, a collaborative office environment, and a hybrid policy that currently expects staff in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. We also sponsor visas where possible and encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates.

last updated 36 week of 2026