# Software Engineer, Trust & Safety

**Company:** [Vercel](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vercel)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, London, United Kingdom, Berlin, Germany
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $196k – $294k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Fine-Tuning, AWS, Cloud Infrastructure, Threat Detection, Abuse Prevention, Security Engineering, Data Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Build and operate trust and safety systems that detect and mitigate abuse at internet scale. The role combines security engineering, large-scale data analysis, and applied LLM techniques, requiring 5+ years of relevant experience and strong Python and JavaScript/TypeScript skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Analyze threat actor behavior and evolving abuse patterns across large, heterogeneous datasets to inform detection logic, policy decisions, and scalable mitigations.
- Research, prototype, and implement LLM-driven techniques for abuse detection, classification, and prevention.
- Design and develop production-ready systems that detect and disrupt abusive behavior across the platform.
- Build, maintain, and fine-tune internal tools, datasets, and evaluation pipelines for trust and safety workflows.
- Collaborate with security, product, and infrastructure teams to bring research ideas into stable, scalable production systems.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in abuse prevention, trust and safety, or security engineering.
- Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, including prompt engineering, evaluation, and fine-tuning.
- Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, including AWS.
- Strong understanding of real-world threat actor behavior and abuse tactics.
- Experience owning systems end-to-end, from research through production deployment and iteration.

## Compensation and Benefits
- San Francisco base pay range: $196,000 - $294,000.
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive healthcare package.
- Mentorship and professional development opportunities.
- Flexible time off.
- Company-provided equipment and work-from-home budget.

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