OpenAI vs Anthropic: who is hiring more, and for what
Side by side from both companies' own careers feeds, refreshed every 6 hours.
OpenAI has 832 open roles to Anthropic's 625. OpenAI posted more in the last 30 days (281 against 172). OpenAI's largest function is Engineering (34% of open roles); Anthropic's is Engineering (25%). On posted base ranges, Anthropic's median midpoint is $362k against $311k at OpenAI. OpenAI is far more open to remote work (67% of roles against 10%).
| OpenAI | Anthropic | |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles | 832 | 625 |
| New in 7 days | 90 | 60 |
| New in 30 days | 281 | 172 |
| Leadership seats open | 13 | 32 |
| Remote-friendly share | 67% | 10% |
| Research share of roles | 7% | 10% |
| Go-to-market share of roles | 21% | 24% |
| Median posted salary range (USD) | $252k to $370k | $320k to $405k |
| Research roles | 57 | 61 |
| Engineering roles | 288 | 158 |
| Infrastructure roles | 128 | 93 |
| Data roles | 23 | 11 |
| Product & Design roles | 24 | 27 |
| Go-to-market roles | 175 | 152 |
| Operations roles | 130 | 106 |
Newest at OpenAI
- Platform Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) San Francisco
- Data Center Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer San Francisco
- Software Engineer, DevOps San Francisco
- Strategic Delivery Lead, Cyber Washington, DC
- Research Lead, Policy Communications San Francisco
Newest at Anthropic
- Applied AI Engineer, DNB London, UK
- Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise London, UK
- Enterprise Account Executive, Industries - BFSI Mumbai, India
- Head of Customer Success, APAC Sydney, Australia
- [London] Applied AI Architect, Partnerships London, UK
Shares are fractions of open roles. Salary is the median of posted base ranges in USD. Full company scorecards, hiring velocity and closed roles for every company are in Pro. AI salaries · Hiring index.