Staff Backend Engineer, User Safety
$217K–$304K
Remote - United States +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- Remote - United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- Education
- BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads backend engineering strategy and delivery for systems that proactively detect platform-violating content and users and apply appropriate enforcement.
What you'll do
- Partner cross-functionally to deliver product and business strategy for platform safety.
- Guide the full development cycle, including design, implementation, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch; review code and design documents and help shape the roadmap.
- Lead, mentor, and coach engineers while setting standards and improving developer workflows.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams in a fully remote environment and communicating complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-directed, innovative, action-oriented approach in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
Nice to have
- Applied ML experience for a product or business solution.
Pay
USD $217,000 — $303,900 base salary
Tools
Go, Python, Rust, Ruby
AI focus
Interest in using applied ML to improve automated detection and enforcement; applied ML product or business experience is a bonus.
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