Senior Analyst, Safety Operations

Maven Ventures; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Disability and life insurance

Employee discounts and perks

Job summary

SpaceXAI is seeking a Safety Operations Senior Analyst to train and refine Grok to enforce terms of service and support functions. The role focuses on minimizing existential risks, enforcing SpaceXAI rules, and promoting responsible development to prevent illegal and harmful content.

You will work on labeling, auditing, and improving safety data, collaborating with teammates to strengthen enforcement and ethical alignment across the Grok platform and its applications.

Qualifications

• Expertise in improving LLMs to maximize enforcement and safety of platforms.
• Proven experience in online safety and reducing harm to protect users.
• Ability to interpret and apply SpaceXAI safety policies effectively.
• Strong analytical and ethical decision-making skills.
• Experience with data analysis to identify abuse vectors and improve defenses.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and take action on content and behavior violating terms of service.
• Process appeals, audit automations, and label use cases in the system.
• Provide labels, annotations, and inputs on safety projects and policy compliance.
• Support high-quality curated data to reinforce safety and alignment.
• Collaborate to improve AI defenses and ensure rule enforcement.

Skills

LLM safety optimization

Online safety experience

Policy enforcement

Risk assessment

Data analysis

Adversarial testing

Job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Safety Operations Senior Analyst, you will contribute to SpaceXAI's mission by training and refining Grok to enforce our terms of service and support functions. Your work will directly impact the safety of our products, X, and Grok, by minimizing existential risks, enforcing SpaceXAI's rules, and promoting responsible development, helping to prevent illegal and harmful content.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor and take action on content and behavior that goes against our terms of service, escalating as needed.
• Processing appeals, auditing automations, and properly labeling use cases in the system.
• Provide labels, annotations, and inputs on projects involving safety protocols, risk scenarios, and policy compliance.
• Support the delivery of high-quality curated data that reinforces SpaceXAI's rules and ethical alignment.
• Collaborate with team members to provide feedback on tasks that improve AI's defenses to detect illegal and unethical behavior, as well as align Grok with our rules enforcement.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expertise in improving Large Language Models (LLMs) to maximize efficiencies in enforcement and support and ability to propose solutions to increase security and safety of our platform.
• Proven experience in online safety and reducing harm to protect our users and preserve Free Speech in the global public square.
• Ability to interpret and apply SpaceXAI safety policies effectively.
• Proficiency in analyzing complex scenarios, with strong skills in ethical reasoning and risk assessment.
• Strong ability to utilize resources, guidelines, and frameworks for accurate safety-focused actions and escalations.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and ethical decision-making skills.
• Commitment to continuous improvement of processes to prioritize safety and risk mitigation.
• Expertise in data analysis to identify emerging abuse vectors, uncover opportunities for operational efficiencies, and design automations that strengthen enforcement effectiveness and platform safety.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in a Trust and Safety for a social media company, leveraging AI or other automation tools.
• Expertise in red-teaming and adversarial testing of Large Language Models to proactively identify novel abuse vectors, jailbreaks, and safety failure modes, with a proven ability to translate findings into concrete improvements for enforcement systems and platform robustness.

This role may involve exposure to sensitive or graphic content, including vulgar language, violent threats, pornography, and other graphic images.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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