Character.AI · 2 months ago
Software Engineer, Safety
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $300K/yr
5+ years expCharacter.AI is an innovative company that empowers people to connect and tell stories through interactive entertainment. They are seeking a talented Software Engineer to join their Safety Engineering team, where the role involves designing and building tools to ensure a safe and engaging user experience while collaborating with various teams to address Trust & Safety challenges.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMobile AppsSoftware
Responsibilities
Design and develop the front end experience of how users interact with our Trust and Safety systems. Balance the needs for reducing risk, improving UX and enhancing platform reliability and scalability across a host of features to build the best experience possible for users
Get to know our users and usage patterns deeply to help us design innovative technical solutions that incentivize the best behaviors from our users on the platform
Work with other product teams and co create modular and scalable safety design systems that enable all product features to launch safely while maintaining a high launch velocity
Collaborate with the Trust & Safety team to understand moderation workflows and build tools that empower their decision-making. Help evaluate and integrate third-party solutions when needed
Work with engineers and Trust & Safety stakeholders to design interfaces and interaction models that incorporate AI-assisted moderation, ensuring smooth human-AI collaboration
Help us leverage user data and insights to improve our core LLM and other models and predictions. Create frontend systems that visualize feedback loops between moderation actions and AI training. Ensure that data insights are clearly surfaced to support safe and positive user experiences across the platform
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience as a Front-End or Full-Stack Software Engineer with a strong focus on user experience and design
Deep understanding of Typescript, CSS, React, React Native, HTML, and modern front end design patterns and best practices
Demonstrated experience with building features and experiences for consumer products
Passionate about the pixels, an exceptional eye for detail, and a focus on craft and polish
Proven ability to work in a fast-paced development environment and deliver timely results
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred
You care deeply about Trust & Safety and see it as a value-add to the business
You enjoy working cross-functionally across different teams (e.g. Legal and Product) and balancing privacy, safety, and product needs
You are proactive and have a 'get things done' mindset
Company
Character.AI
Character.ai provides open-ended conversational applications in which users create characters and converse with them.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$150.08MKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz
2023-03-23Series A· $150M
2023-01-24Seed· $0.08M
Leadership Team
Karandeep Anand
CEO
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