GitHub · 8 hours ago
Software Engineer II, Safety
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$83K/yr - $221K/yr
2+ years expGitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, and they are seeking a Software Engineer II to join their Safety Engineering team. In this role, you will help design, build, and maintain tools and infrastructure to detect, prevent, and mitigate abuse and harmful activity across the platform.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsInternetProject ManagementSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Write and review front- and back-end code to support and scale abuse moderation operations
Design and maintain integrations with internal and external services to detect and mitigate trust and safety issues
Collaborate with safety analyst partners, Security, Threat Intelligence, and Legal stakeholders to engineer and prioritize novel moderation solutions
Document the systems you help build thoroughly
Encourage the technical growth of your peers
Review new products and advise product teams on resilient, abuse-resistant designs
Reviewing new products and providing consultation to product teams
Qualification
Required
2+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
OR Associate's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
OR equivalent experience
1+ years of experience developing and maintaining web applications and APIs, ideally using TypeScript, Node.js, and React
Preferred
Experience or interest in fighting spam, malware, fraud, or attack activity at scale
Experience with data pipelines, event stream processing, or working with large-scale data
Experience with event-driven architectures, stream processing (e.g., Kafka, Flink), or building rules engines and moderation platforms in languages such as Ruby or Java
Experience in analytical fields, ambiguous technical challenges, and problem-solving
Passionate about solving customer problems, both internal and external
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
Annual bonus
Stock
Competitive pay
Generous learning and growth opportunities
Excellent benefits
Company
GitHub
GitHub is a software company that offers code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$350MKey Investors
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2018-06-03Acquired
2015-07-29Series B· $250M
2015-06-19Secondary Market
Leadership Team
PJ Hyett
Co-Founder
Kyle Daigle
Chief Operating Officer
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