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Vercel · 4 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Trust & Safety

Vercel is a company that provides developers with tools and cloud infrastructure to build and secure a faster web. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Trust & Safety team, you will analyze threat actor behavior, design production-ready systems to mitigate abuse, and collaborate with various teams to enhance platform safety.

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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 state-of-the-art LLM-driven techniques for abuse detection, classification, and prevention
Design and develop production-ready systems that detect and disrupt abusive behavior across the Vercel platform
Build, maintain, and fine-tune internal tools, datasets, and evaluation pipelines for trust and safety workflows
Collaborate closely with security, product, and infrastructure teams to bring research ideas into stable, scalable production systems

Qualification

JavaScript/TypeScriptPythonLLM techniquesCloud infrastructureAbuse preventionSecurity engineeringData analysisSystem ownershipCollaboration

Required

5+ years of experience in abuse prevention, trust & safety, or security engineering
Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python
Hands-on experience working 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 initial research through production deployment and iteration

Benefits

Competitive compensation package, including equity.
Inclusive Healthcare Package.
Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
Flexible Time Off.
We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

Company

Vercel

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Vercel is a developer platform that provides cloud infrastructure services for the web.

H1B Sponsorship

Vercel has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (4)
2024 (2)
2023 (5)
2022 (5)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$863M
Key Investors
AccelBedrockGoogle Ventures
2025-09-30Series F· $300M
2024-05-16Series E· $250M
2021-11-23Series D· $150M

Leadership Team

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Guillermo Rauch
CEO
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Malte Ubl
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