Safety Engineer (Backend Leaning)
Salary not listed • Remote • United Kingdom • Full-time
Posted 16d ago
Job Location
United Kingdom
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
Full-time
Categories
AI Engineer
About the job
ElevenLabs is seeking a Safety Engineer with a backend focus to join their AI research and product company. This role involves designing, developing, and scaling automated moderation systems, abuse detection capabilities, and guardrails for AI agents. You will partner with the Investigations team to identify and respond to emerging threats, and own the production infrastructure for internal safety services, ensuring their reliability and scalability. The position requires bringing ML models into production, building end-to-end solutions including backend services and APIs, and collaborating with Product, Legal, and Safety Policy teams to translate requirements into engineering solutions. You will also contribute to shaping the technical direction of safety infrastructure as the company grows.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and scale automated moderation systems, abuse detection, and AI agent guardrails.
- Identify emerging abuse patterns and continuously improve safety systems to address new risks.
- Build and maintain internal safety services, owning their architecture, deployment, and reliability.
- Deploy and integrate ML models into production safety systems.
- Develop backend services, APIs, internal tools, and user-facing interfaces for moderation and policy enforcement.
- Collaborate with Product, Legal, and Safety Policy teams to translate requirements into scalable engineering solutions.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and the evolution of safety infrastructure.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
- Strong backend engineering experience, including API design, database work, and scalable service development.
- Proficiency in Python and experience with modern backend frameworks.
- Experience building and maintaining distributed systems and cloud-based applications.
- Ability to own systems end-to-end, from design to maintenance.
- Experience working across different parts of the stack, including building internal tools or frontend interfaces.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make pragmatic engineering decisions in ambiguous situations.
- Effective collaboration skills with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Innovative culture
- Growth paths and opportunities for impact
- Annual discretionary stipend for professional development
- Annual discretionary stipend for social travel
- Annual team offsite
- Monthly co-working stipend