Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Infrastructure

About the role

We are looking for software engineers to help build the foundational pieces for safety, oversight, and intervention mechanisms of our AI systems. As a software engineer on the Safeguards team, you will work to monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well-being. This role focuses on building systems to detect unwanted model behaviors and prevent disallowed use of models, applying your technical skills to uphold our principles of safety, transparency, and oversight.

Responsibilities

• Develop the foundational systems that power Safeguards, including infrastructure for data storage and management, metric and evaluation systems, and tooling for human and agentic review.
• Ensure the day-to-day running of Safeguards systems and maintain a high operational bar that serves both safety and customers while reducing the amount of human intervention and oversight required.
• Build robust and reliable multi-layered defenses for real-time improvement of safety mechanisms that work at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable experience.
• 7+ years of experience in a software engineering position.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Ability to work across the stack.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Strong candidates may also

• Have experience building trust and safety, anti-spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation mechanisms and interventions for AI/ML systems.
• Have experience building metrics and measurement systems or data and privacy management systems.
• Have worked closely with operational teams to build custom internal tooling.
• Be proficient in TypeScript or Rust.
• Have experience with Claude Code or similar agentic coding tools.

Compensation

Annual salary: £325,000 - £395,000 GBP.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Collaborative office space and team collaboration.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable experience.
• 7+ years of experience in a software engineering position.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Ability to work across the stack.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders., * Have experience building trust and safety, anti-spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation mechanisms and interventions for AI/ML systems.
• Have experience building metrics and measurement systems or data and privacy management systems.
• Have worked closely with operational teams to build custom internal tooling.
• Be proficient in TypeScript or Rust.
• Have experience with Claude Code or similar agentic coding tools.

Annual salary: £325,000 - £395,000 GBP., * Competitive compensation and equity donation matching.

• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Collaborative office space and team collaboration.