Foundations Security Engineer — Scale Trust & Harm

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 163,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in London seeks a senior backend engineer to design and build scalable systems for detecting and enforcing harms on our platforms. You will collaborate with policy, trust and safety, legal, investigations, and data science to stay ahead of adversaries and strengthen defenses.

The role emphasizes learning from top experts in harms, applying ML where relevant, and delivering secure, reliable production systems in a fast-evolving environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience in backend and data systems.
• At least 2 years experience in trust and safety analysis, investigation, and/or operations.
• Interest in harms related to AI platforms and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scaled foundational systems for detection, tracking, and enforcement of harm.
• Collaborate with policy, trust and safety, legal, investigations, and data scientists.
• Stay abreast of latest techniques to outpace adversaries.
• Engage with a cross-functional team including technical and non-technical roles.

Skills

Backend engineering

Trust & safety analysis

Data systems

Machine Learning

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in London seeks a senior backend engineer to design and build scalable systems for detecting and enforcing harms on our platforms. You will collaborate with policy, trust and safety, legal, investigations, and data science to stay ahead of adversaries and strengthen defenses.

The role emphasizes learning from top experts in harms, applying ML where relevant, and delivering secure, reliable production systems in a fast-evolving environment.