# Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards

Hiring organization: [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/cbb475c4-1dca-4067-aacc-cefd763bee88

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Staff
- Location: New York, NY
- Salary: 320000 – 485000 USD per year

## Summary

This role focuses on building safety and oversight systems to detect unwanted AI model behaviors and prevent misuse across Anthropic's products and API. It suits engineers with a background in abuse detection, trust & safety systems, or distributed infrastructure who want to work on real-time safeguarding at scale.

_Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio's wording._

## Skills named

Machine Learning, Prompt Engineering, Python, TypeScript

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in Python and TypeScript
- Ability to work across the stack
- Strong communication skills

## Nice to have

- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience with integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation
- Experience building trust and safety detection mechanisms for AI/ML systems
- Experience with prompt engineering, jailbreak attacks, and adversarial inputs
- Experience building custom internal tooling with operational teams

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/4951844008