AI-Driven Trust & Safety Software Engineer

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google’s Kirkland-based Trust and Safety team seeks a software engineer to design and deploy AI-driven safety features at scale. You’ll work across the stack, building models, experiments, and tooling to protect users while enabling innovation.

This role emphasizes distributed systems, AI solutions, and proactive safeguarding of billions of users. At Google, compensation includes base salary, annual bonus target, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience architecting distributed systems, infrastructure or agentic systems.
• Experience building and deploying agentic AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, test, and deploy new AI-enabled trust features.
• Troubleshoot and debug to ensure high-quality user experience.
• Work across the stack from model building to tooling and infrastructure.
• Collaborate across teams to solve challenging problems at the intersection of tech, automation, and safety.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.

Skills

Distributed systems design

AI systems

Abuse detection

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Google’s Kirkland-based Trust and Safety team seeks a software engineer to design and deploy AI-driven safety features at scale. You’ll work across the stack, building models, experiments, and tooling to protect users while enabling innovation.

This role emphasizes distributed systems, AI solutions, and proactive safeguarding of billions of users. At Google, compensation includes base salary, annual bonus target, equity, and comprehensive benefits.