Founding Abuse Engineer - Trust & Safety Leader

Arena Intelligence, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

Cutting-edge AI work environment

Culture valuing transparency and community impact

Job summary

Arena Intelligence, Inc. is looking for a Founding Abuse Engineer to lead efforts in ensuring platform integrity against misuse. The role involves developing detection systems, enforcing policies, and working with product and security teams. Ideal candidates will have over 6 years in software engineering, strong SQL skills, and an investigative mindset. The company offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a culture that values community impact and diversity.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, including adversarial conditions.
• Strong skills in SQL and data analysis for investigation.
• Adversarial mindset to articulate novel attacks before designing defenses.

Responsibilities

• Own the abuse vision and detection for Arena's services.
• Design and operate detection for bots and coordinated manipulation.
• Build enforcement systems that are auditable and humane.
• Detect and mitigate misuse for new product launches.

Skills

Production software engineering

SQL and data-analysis

Trust & safety

Adversarial mindset

Excellent communication

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

Python

Go

Job description

Arena Intelligence, Inc. is looking for a Founding Abuse Engineer to lead efforts in ensuring platform integrity against misuse. The role involves developing detection systems, enforcing policies, and working with product and security teams. Ideal candidates will have over 6 years in software engineering, strong SQL skills, and an investigative mindset. The company offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a culture that values community impact and diversity.