Vercel · 5 days ago
Senior Software Engineer, Trust & Safety
United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$196K/yr - $294K/yr
5+ years expVercel is a company that provides tools and cloud infrastructure for developers to create a faster, more personalized web. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Trust & Safety team to build systems that protect developers from abuse, analyze threat behavior, and design effective mitigations.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureDeveloper PlatformSoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
Analyze threat actor behavior and evolving abuse patterns across large, heterogeneous datasets to inform detection logic, policy decisions, and scalable mitigations
Research, prototype, and implement state-of-the-art LLM-driven techniques for abuse detection, classification, and prevention
Design and develop production-ready systems that detect and disrupt abusive behavior across the Vercel platform
Build, maintain, and fine-tune internal tools, datasets, and evaluation pipelines for trust and safety workflows
Collaborate closely with security, product, and infrastructure teams to bring research ideas into stable, scalable production systems
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in abuse prevention, trust & safety, or security engineering
Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python
Hands-on experience working with LLMs, including prompt engineering, evaluation, and fine-tuning
Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, including AWS
Strong understanding of real-world threat actor behavior and abuse tactics
Experience owning systems end-to-end, from initial research through production deployment and iteration
Benefits
Competitive compensation package, including equity.
Inclusive Healthcare Package.
Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
Flexible Time Off.
We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
Company
Vercel
Vercel is a developer platform that provides cloud infrastructure services for the web.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$863MKey Investors
Accel,GICAccelGGV Capital,Notable Capital
2025-09-30Series F· $300M
2024-05-16Series E· $250M
2021-11-23Series D· $150M
Leadership Team
Guillermo Rauch
CEO
Malte Ubl
CTO
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