Software Engineer, Safeguards
$320,000–$485,000 year
Hybrid · New York City, New York, United States or San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Develop monitoring systems to detect unwanted behaviors from API partners and potentially take automated enforcement actions; surface these in internal dashboards to analysts for manual review. Build abuse detection mechanisms and infrastructure. Surface abuse patterns to research teams to harden models at the training stage. Build robust and reliable multi-layered defenses for real-time improvement of safety mechanisms that work at scale. Strong candidates may have experience building trust and safety detection mechanisms for AI/ML systems, experience with prompt engineering, jailbreak attacks, and working with operational teams to build internal tooling. Must have a Bachelor’s degree and 5-10+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in Python and TypeScript, and excellent cross-stack and communication skills.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience
- 5-10+ years of experience in a software engineering position
- Proficiency in Python and Typescript
- Ability to work across the stack
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
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