🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll join the Safety Engineering team at Character.AI, designing and scaling backend systems and applied ML to tackle integrity and safety challenges. You'll architect solutions for human-to-AI interaction safety and provide technical leadership to define industry best practices. This is a high-impact role shaping the trustworthiness of a leading consumer AI platform.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Design and build scalable backend systems for integrity features.
• Lead technical design of solutions for detecting and mitigating risks.
• Develop and deploy ML models for content classification and anomaly detection.
• Collaborate cross-functionally on requirements and system design.

📋 Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with backend focus.
• Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Proven track record with large-scale distributed systems.
• Expertise in backend languages like Python, Go, Java, or C++.

✨ Nice to Have

• Prior experience in a dedicated Trust & Safety or Integrity engineering team.
• Contributions to open-source projects or relevant publications.
• Experience leading large, cross-cutting technical projects.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💵 Competitive salary with equity
• 🏖️ Flexible hybrid work
• 🚀 High-impact role at a fast-growing AI unicorn

🚩 Heads Up

• Role combines backend engineering and applied ML, which may require dual expertise.
• Experience level requirement (8+ years) is high for a role that includes mentorship and leadership.