Senior Software Engineer – AI Oversight

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement core infrastructure for privacy-centric AI evaluation, primarily using Python.

• Enhance and fortify secure enclave (TEE) solutions.

• Expand the capabilities of PySyft, the open-source library, incorporating workers and verified receipts.

• Deploy and provide support for software in partner environments, including frontier labs, evaluators, and governmental organizations.

• Enhance deployment reliability as the product transitions from a single production deployment to multiple instances.

• Boost reliability, scalability, and user experience.

• Produce clean, tested, and comprehensible code.

• Review the work of team members.

• Transform ambiguous requirements into definitive designs.

• Articulate technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-engineers.

• Utilize AI coding tools while ensuring high-quality standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of professional engineering experience, with a strong proficiency in Python.

• Exceptional hands-on coding skills; producing clean, reliable, readable, and thoroughly tested code.

• Profound understanding of software architecture, systems design, and engineering trade-offs.

• Strong communication abilities, capable of clearly and concisely explaining technical concepts, timelines, risks, and trade-offs.

• Full-stack experience on at least one project, encompassing backend, data, frontend, and deployment aspects.

• Familiarity with CI/CD, troubleshooting complex systems, and cloud infrastructure.

• Awareness of security, scalability, and reliability considerations.

• Capacity to swiftly grasp unfamiliar concepts and translate them into practical solutions.

• Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable in providing and receiving constructive feedback within a small, fully remote team.

• Preferred: Experience with secure enclaves (TEEs), confidential computing, or related security work.

• Preferred: Knowledge of distributed systems.

• Preferred: Experience in deploying software within other organizations' environments.

• Preferred: Familiarity with Terraform, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as Google Cloud or AWS.

• Preferred: Background in AI safety, privacy-enhancing technologies, or language models.

• Preferred: Contributions to open-source projects.

• Preferred: Experience in building products for developers.

• Preferred: Background in a startup environment.

• Preferred: Proficiency in Rust, Go, or C++ for performance-critical tasks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Mission-Driven Work: Be part of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, focused on social impact rather than profit, offering the chance to make a meaningful difference in the world.

• US employee benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance with company contributions.

• Retirement: 403(b) plan, the 401(k) equivalent for non-profits.

• Open Source Contribution: Make a real impact by contributing to an Open Source project that benefits a broad community.

• Collaborative Global Team: Join a dynamic, international team that values collaboration and diversity.

• Flexible Work Hours: Enjoy the autonomy to structure your work hours around what best fits your life and productivity.

• Fully Remote Work: Work remotely within the location requirements for this role.

• Flexible Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with flexible vacation days, alongside recognition of local national holidays.