Software Engineer, Safety Engineering
Build full-stack internal and external tools that improve the safety, reliability, and policy workflows of AI models. The role requires 5+ years of engineering experience, strong JavaScript and React skills, backend proficiency with Python, and relational database experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end development of internal tools that improve the safety of AI models, including tools focused on mental health and vulnerable-user protections.
- Partner with Safety Systems researchers, engineers, and model policy creators to understand workflows and requirements and translate them into durable product solutions.
- Build full-stack experiences for labeling and inspecting data, analyzing and reviewing failure cases, and surfacing insights for iteration.
- Optimize internal applications for usability, speed, and scale to increase team velocity and reduce time to fix safety issues.
- Transform successful AI-assisted safety workflows into external-facing safety products that help developers build safer AI.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience at technology and product-driven companies.
- Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and other web technologies.
- Proficiency with at least one backend language, particularly Python.
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Interest in AI and machine learning; direct experience is not required.
- Ability and enthusiasm to partner closely with researchers and policy writers to ship impactful safety tools.
Skills
JavaScript, React, Python, Web Technologies, Relational Databases, Postgres, MySQL, AI/ML
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