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Senior Backend Engineer, Safety

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Senior Backend Engineer, Safety in USA

  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product, design, and engineering partners to execute product and business strategy and build new features for moderators.
  • Contribute to technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and product launches.
  • Review code, design documents, product specifications, and mocks and provide constructive feedback.
  • Lead a team of engineers and define standards and best practices that improve developer workflows.
  • Coach and mentor engineers to support their professional development.
  • Drive technical and product strategy, operations, architecture, and execution for Safety and Moderation initiatives.

Requirements

  • 5–8 years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages, including Go, Python, Rust, or Ruby.
  • Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift, or gRPC basics and designing and implementing maintainable APIs.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
  • Ability to work independently, innovate, act decisively, and thrive in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
  • Experience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams in a fully remote environment and communicating complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

  • Completely remote-friendly within the United States, with optional access to offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago.
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
  • 401(k) with employer match.
  • Global benefits supporting workspace, professional development, and caregiving.
  • Family planning support.
  • Gender-affirming care.
  • Mental health and coaching benefits.
  • Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
  • Generous paid parental leave.

Salary: $191k - $267k/yr

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