ROOST is seeking to build scalable and resilient safety infrastructure for the AI era, and is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead designing, implementing, and optimizing large scale open source safety systems.
Requirements
- 8 years of experience in software design and development and at least 5 years of experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale infrastructure like API services, storage, data processing, or ML platforms
- Exhibits attention to detail in focusing on reliability, scalability, security, and continuous improvement
- Proven record of working with disparate teams and individuals, understanding issues, and making decisions and communicating them transparently
- Understanding of the open source ecosystem and prior contributions to OSS
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
- Experience designing, analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
Responsibilities
- With the Chief Technology Officer and the Technical Design Committee, develop a prioritized list of safety tools that ROOST will build
- Lead technical architecture and design choices for the tools are being developed
- Drive engineering decisions including system design, performance, maintainability, and implementation trade-offs while building well architected platforms that can be extended
- Collaborate with diverse stakeholders - trust and safety teams, open source community, and academic researchers
- Mentor and provide guidance to developers, community members, and the users of ROOST’s tools
- Own the execution details including product designs, project planning, code quality, engineering rigor, testing, monitoring, and documentation
- Manage timely development and shipping of tools with predictable features and bug fixes
Other
- Must have 8 years of experience in software design and development
- Must have at least 5 years of experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale infrastructure
- Must have a proven record of working with disparate teams and individuals
- Nice to have 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role
- Must be able to work a majority of hours overlapping with North American timezones
