Artificial intelligence
10 Anthropic engineering leaders
These ten current and former Anthropic engineering leaders, including Anthropic's CTO, have led engineering, platform, capacity and safeguards teams at the company. A reader can learn from them how engineering work at an AI lab is split between model serving, infrastructure, safety tooling and customer-facing deployment.
Professionals to explore
01—10Blake J.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Software Engineering · Anthropic
Blake J. was Senior Director of Software Engineering at Anthropic from 2021 to 2024, and the profile describes leading an applied AI engineering team there. Other roles shown are Director Software Engineering at Amazon (2018–2021) and Senior Software Engineering Manager at Amazon (2015–2018).
Brian Delahunty
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering · Anthropic
Brian Delahunty was Head of Engineering at Anthropic from 2023 to 2025. The profile says Brian Delahunty built out Anthropic's engineering org, including Inference, Infrastructure, Product, Productivity and TPM, and drove the launch of the Claude 3 model family. Brian Delahunty has been VP of Engineering at Google since 2025.
Lisa Cohen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Data · Anthropic
Lisa Cohen has been Head of Data at Anthropic since 2025, a role the profile lists at Head level, and the profile says Lisa Cohen leads data science and analytics engineering for Claude and Anthropic overall. Other roles shown are Director, Data Science & Engineering - Gemini, Google Assistant, Search Platforms at Google (2023–2024) and Senior Director of Data Science at Twitter (2022–2023).
Nikhil Saxena
LinkedInExperience: Head of AI Safeguards Tech · Anthropic
Nikhil Saxena has been Head of AI Safeguards Tech at Anthropic since 2024, and the profile headline reads Head of Safeguards Engineering at Anthropic, with the role described as AI Safety for Claude. Other roles shown are Head of Risk Engineering at Stripe (2022–2024) and Head of Engineering, Risk Intelligence at Stripe (2019–2022).
Rahul Patil
LinkedInExperience: CTO · Anthropic
Rahul Patil has been CTO at Anthropic since 2025, and the profile says Rahul Patil leads engineering at Anthropic spanning inference, products, infrastructure and security. Other roles shown are CTO at Stripe (2024–2025), Deputy CTO at Stripe (2024) and Head of Infrastructure and Global Operations at Stripe (2023–2024).
Rob Hardy
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Forward Deployed Engineering · Anthropic
Rob Hardy has been Global Head of Forward Deployed Engineering at Anthropic since 2026, a role the profile lists in the Engineering and Technical department at Head level. Other roles shown are Head of AI Solutions & Services at Notion (2025–2026) and Professional Services & Channel Lead at Notion (2024–2025).
Tanny Lin
LinkedInExperience: Director of Technology & Model Optimization · Anthropic
Tanny Lin has been Director of Technology & Model Optimization at Anthropic since 2023. The profile lists designing and implementing an adversarial testing (red team testing) framework to reduce potential misuse of AI models. Other roles shown are Deputy Director of Model Engineering at OpenAI (2020–2022) and Senior Machine Learning Engineer at OpenAI (2018–2020).
Tommy Morgan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Capacity Engineering & Efficiency · Anthropic
Tommy Morgan has been Head of Capacity Engineering & Efficiency at Anthropic since 2024, a role the profile lists in the Engineering and Technical department at Director level. Other roles shown are Capacity Efficiency Engineering, ML Systems and Cloud Infra at Google (2020–2024) and Group Manager, Technical Program Management - Strategic Programs and Initiatives at Dropbox (2019–2020).
Tony N.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Platform Technology · Anthropic
Tony N. has been Director of Platform Technology at Anthropic since 2021, which is the only work role shown on the profile. The profile headline describes Tony N. as an AI infrastructure and observability expert and a former core architect at OpenAI/GitHub.
Zaven Nahapetyan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering, Anthropic Labs · Anthropic
Zaven Nahapetyan has been Head of Engineering, Anthropic Labs at Anthropic since 2025. The profile describes leading Labs, Anthropic's moonshots team, and collaborating closely with research to turn new model capabilities into products. Other roles shown are Member of Technical Staff (Manager) at OpenAI (2024–2025) and Sr. Engineering Manager at Meta (2012–2021).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area to your question, since a company-wide CTO, a capacity or platform lead and a forward deployed engineering head each see different parts of the engineering organization. Check each role's dates so you know whether someone speaks from a current seat or from an earlier one.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which engineering work belongs in a central platform team and which stays with product teams at an AI company?
- 02What does planning compute capacity and efficiency look like when model demand changes quickly?
- 03How should an engineering organization balance shipping new model capabilities with building safety and misuse safeguards?
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