Sr Staff Software Engineer Trust Safety
Sr Staff Software Engineer Trust Safety
Posted on :
07-04-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 210000 - 265000
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
07-04-2025
Job Description
About Quizlet:
Quizlet is the popular global learning platform and app that millions of students teachers and everyday people use to study any subject imaginable for school work or as part of their personal interests including twothirds of high school students and half of all college students in the US. Combining cognitive science and machine learning Quizlet guides students through adaptive study activities to confidently reach their learning goals.
Valued at $1 billion Quizlet has raised over $60 million in venture capital from investors including Icon Ventures Union Square Ventures General Atlantic Costanoa Ventures Owl Ventures and Altos Ventures.
To serve our global community of learners our teams tackle lofty technical challenges and design for use cases across cultures and languages. We work hard act like owners and collaborate every chance we get. Were energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.
About the Team:
The Trust & Safety team at Quizlet is dedicated to protecting our users platform and business from harm while delivering safe seamless and delightful experiences. We craft and implement strategies and solutions to maintain user safety enhance trust and prevent fraud across all areas of Quizlet. We ensure scalable and effective protections by building innovative tools modernizing existing systems and leveraging industryleading technologies. This team works collaboratively across Engineering Product Policy Operations and other functions playing a central role in safeguarding Quizlets global learning community.
Key areas of focus include:
Content Safety: Proactively protecting against harmful usergenerated and AIgenerated content while efficiently managing user reports and moderation workflows.
Fraud Prevention and Bad Actor Protections: Safeguarding customers and the business from bad actors while minimizing friction for legitimate users.
User Trust and Reputation: Establishing systems that enhance trust balance product access and provide a safe user experience.
About the Role:
As Sr. Staff Software Engineer for Trust & Safety you will play a pivotal role in building and leading a brand new team. Your time will be split across leadership activitiesdefining strategy coaching team members and driving executionand handson engineering contributions to solve complex technical challenges architect systems and deliver results.
This is an opportunity to shape the future of Trust & Safety at Quizlet and make a meaningful impact on millions of learners around the world.
Were happy to share that this is an onsite position. To help foster team collaboration we require that employees be in the office at a minimum of three days a week: Monday Wednesday and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency team partnership and supports growth as an employee and organization.
In this role you will:
- Define and drive the technical vision and strategy for Trust & Safety at Quizlet
- Act as a thought leader setting high standards for engineering excellence and quality across the team
- Coach mentor and support the growth of engineers on the team
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including Product Security Data Science and Policy to align on priorities and deliver impactful outcomes
- Drive team and delivery ensuring projects are completed on time and with high quality
- Design and implement scalable systems and frameworks to detect and mitigate harmful content fraud and abuse on the platform
- Build tools and automation to streamline moderation and trust & safety incident response processes
- Develop reputation systems and trust models to enhance user experiences while protecting against bad actors
- Partner with data scientists to implement machine learning models for proactive threat detection.
- Lead incident investigations postmortems and longterm improvements to trust & safety
What you bring to the table:
- 10 years of professional software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a senior technical leadership role
- Proven expertise in Trust & Safety domains such as content moderation fraud prevention abuse detection or user reputation systems
- Strong software development skills with proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g. Go Python PHP JavaScript)
- Experience designing and building largescale distributed systems with a focus on reliability performance and scalability
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence and drive alignment across teams
- A passion for creating safe and trusted online experiences for users
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience working with machine learning models in Trust & Safety applications
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance considerations related to content and user safety
- Familiarity with some or all of the following: Kubernetes GitHub CircleCI ArgoCD Google Cloud Terraform Jira Confluence Slack
Compensation Benefits & Perks:
- Quizlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it comes to discrimination and pay gaps. Total compensation for this role is market competitive including a starting base salary of $210000 $265000 depending on location and experience as well as company stock options
- Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy worklife balance
- 20 vacation days (and we expect you to take them!
- Competitive health dental and vision insurance 100 employee and 75 dependent PPO HMO VSP Choice)
- Employersponsored 401k plan with company match
- Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
- Paid Family Leave FSA HSA Commuter benefits and Wellness benefits
- 40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice
We strive to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome!
We work to create a holistic interview process where both Quizlet and candidates have an opportunity to view what it would be like to work together in exploring a mutually beneficial partnership.
We provide a transparent setting that gives a comprehensive view of who we are!
In Closing:
We have a bias for action take initiative and take pride in delivering results. We make informed decisions whenever possible but are unafraid to take calculated risks on great ideas to promote learning. We embrace challenges and see effort as the path to mastery. Were constantly seeking opportunities to learn and we embrace curiosity. Quality matters at Quizlet and we hold the bar high on everything we do.
We treat each other with honesty and respect encourage vigorous debate and seek critical feedback. We value diversity humility transparency and collaboration as the best paths to our success as individuals as a team and as a company.
Quizlets success as an online learning community depends on a strong commitment to diversity equity and inclusion. We are actively working to build a team that is representative of the diverse communities we serve and an open inclusive work environment where all employees can thrive. As an equal opportunity employer and a tech company committed to societal change we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Women people of color members of the LGBTQ community individuals with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Come join us!
To All Recruiters and Placement Agencies:
At this time Quizlet does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and/or profiles.
Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Quizlet employee. Quizlet will not pay fees to any thirdparty agency or firm nor will it be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes received will be considered the property of Quizlet.
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