Remote Trust & Safety Full-Stack Engineer

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 188,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Benefits package

Remote work flexibility

Occasional travel

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Full Stack Engineer - Trust and Safety to join our team. This role focuses on building and improving systems that detect, prevent, and respond to abuse across the platform, balancing security with user experience in a fast-moving SaaS environment.

You will work with Product, Operations, and Data teams to strengthen reliability, improve compliance communications, and develop tools that streamline account reviews. Remote US-based role; visa sponsorship not available.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience in a SaaS or tech environment.
• Backend development with service-oriented architecture.
• Experience with Rails, Node/TypeScript, or Go.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL for data validation.
• Analytical mindset focused on system misuse prevention.
• Good judgment in balancing security measures with user experience.
• Commitment to clean, maintainable code and thoughtful testing.
• Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance systems to detect and prevent abuse across the platform
• Improve reliability and compliance of email and SMS notifications
• Measure the performance of new detection methods on real traffic
• Respond to active abuse incidents and implement durable solutions
• Develop tools for the Trust & Safety Operations team to streamline account reviews
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, and Data teams to define requirements and assess impact
• Review implementation plans and share insights with the team

Skills

Software development

Backend development

Communication

Security mindset

Tools

Rails

Node/TypeScript

Go

SQL

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Full Stack Engineer - Trust and Safety to join our team. This role focuses on building and improving systems that detect, prevent, and respond to abuse across the platform, balancing security with user experience in a fast-moving SaaS environment.

You will work with Product, Operations, and Data teams to strengthen reliability, improve compliance communications, and develop tools that streamline account reviews. Remote US-based role; visa sponsorship not available.