Senior Software Engineer - Trust & Safety
$190k - $215kBumble
At Bumble, our mission is to create a world where all relationships are healthy and equitable. The Trust & Safety team plays a critical role in bringing this to life - building systems that protect our community and ensure millions of people can connect with confidence.
As a Senior Software Engineer within Trust & Safety, you'll help shape the core infrastructure that detects, prevents, and responds to harmful behavior at scale. This is deeply impactful work, combining strong engineering fundamentals with AI-powered technologies to build intelligent, proactive safety systems. You'll collaborate with a passionate, cross-functional team and play a key role in evolving a platform that puts people first. We move with purpose and care - balancing speed with responsibility - and we're looking for someone who shares our commitment to innovation, curiosity, and protecting our users. What You'll do- Deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable code that strengthens Bumble's Trust & Safety systems and protects our global community
- Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from design through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, and product partners to build systems that proactively detect and prevent harm
- Guide and mentor engineers, sharing best practices and fostering a culture of excellence, curiosity, and continuous learning
- Take ownership of complex technical problems, driving solutions from insight to impact with an agile mindset
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate development, run operations, improve code quality, and enhance problem-solving efficiency, while applying strong human judgment and accountability
- Champion responsible and inclusive use of AI in engineering workflows, ensuring outputs are accurate, unbiased, and aligned with user safety principles
- Help shape a fast-moving, high-impact engineering culture that values innovation and respect for our users
- Typically requires 3-5 years of experience, though we welcome candidates with alternative backgrounds that demonstrate equivalent skills
- Strong experience writing production-level software in at least one modern programming language
- Proven ability to deliver complex projects end-to-end and take ownership of outcomes
- Effective collaborator who works cross-functionally and communicates clearly with technical and non-technical partners
- Demonstrates an agile mindset, adapting quickly and seeing work through from idea to impact
- Comfortable using AI-powered tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Copilot) to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and learning speed
- Experience with ML-assisted development workflows and experimentation
- Applies AI thoughtfully and responsibly -validating outputs, identifying bias or errors, and using human judgment in decision-making
- Strong curiosity and a growth mindset, with a desire to explore new technologies and continuously improve
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience with cloud platforms (eg AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (eg Docker, Kubernetes), and deployment pipelines
- Experience in Trust & Safety, machine learning systems, or recommendation systems
- This role is based in Austin, and we ask that you're within a commutable distance to this office, so that you're able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams.
- We have a hybrid environment that requires you to be in the office Monday - Wednesday.
- Maven Fertility: $10,000 lifetime benefit for fertility, adoption, abortion care, and more.
- 26 Weeks Parental Leave: For both primary and secondary caregivers.
- Family & Compassionate Leave: Inclusive of domestic violence recovery.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need.
- Company-wide Week Off: Annual collective rest for the entire company.
- Focus Fridays: No meetings, emails, or deadlines-just deep work.
AI Fluency AI is important to us. We're excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes. We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Please don't use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews. We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us. Final Compensation Will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations. Benefits & Perks
Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility. Bumble has multiple competitive offerings that will be available to you on the first of the month following date of hire.
Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week
Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance
401k with 4% company match if you contribute 6%, 90-day eligibility
Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line
Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave
Premium App Access Inclusion at Bumble Inc. Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc). AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process - such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay focused on you during our conversations. Importantly, all hiring decisions are made by people. AI is used only to support our team's efficiency and improve the candidate experience - not to evaluate or decide on your candidacy. Participation in AI-supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary and will not impact your candidacy. If you'd prefer to opt out, simply let your recruiter or interviewer know at the start of a call, or anytime during the interview or conversation. Summaries and related data are retained only as long as needed in line with our internal data retention policies. If at any point you'd like a transcription or summary deleted, please contact your recruiter directly. For further information on how we hold and manage your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
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