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How Anthropic Builds AI-Native Engineering Teams: Inside Patterns from the Platform Engineering Lead
Engineering Leadership Gregor·July 1, 2026
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Summary
Gregor interviews Katelyn Lesse, Head of Platform Engineering at Anthropic, on how Anthropic itself structures and operates AI-native engineering teams — the people who build the tools Neo's team uses every day. Covers team structure, workflows, and what 'AI-native' means in practice.
Why this signal
Anthropic is Neo's primary AI vendor. Understanding how they organize their own engineering is useful both for benchmarking Thomas Engineering and for understanding the roadmap context behind Claude's development priorities.
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Engineering Leadership Gregor · 7/1/2026
How Anthropic Builds AI-Native Engineering Teams