Senior Software Engineer building privacy-preserving infrastructure for OpenMined’s federated AI nonprofit. Developing secure enclaves, PySyft, and reliable deployments for frontier AI evaluation.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and ship core infrastructure for privacy-preserving AI evaluation, mostly in Python
Build and strengthen secure enclave (TEE) solutions
Extend PySyft, the open-source library, including workers and verified receipts
Deploy and support software in partner environments, including frontier labs, evaluators, and governments
Improve deployment reliability across multiple production environments
Help scale the product from one production deployment to several, improving reliability, scale, and user experience
Write clean, tested, and readable code
Review teammates' work
Turn ambiguous requirements into clear designs
Explain technical trade-offs to engineers and non-engineers
Use AI coding tools while maintaining high quality
Requirements
5+ years of professional engineering experience, with strong Python skills
Excellent hands-on coding: you write code every day, and it's clean, reliable, readable, and well-tested
Strong understanding of software architecture, systems design, and engineering trade-offs
Strong communication skills, including explaining technical ideas, timelines, risks, and trade-offs clearly and concisely
Full-stack experience on at least one project, including backend, data, frontend, and deployment
Experience with CI/CD, debugging complex systems, and working with cloud infrastructure
Familiarity with security, scalability, and reliability considerations
Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar concepts and turn them into practical solutions
Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback on a small, fully remote team
Preferred: Secure enclaves (TEEs), confidential computing, or other security work
Preferred: Experience with distributed systems
Preferred: Experience deploying software into other organizations' environments
Preferred: Terraform, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as Google Cloud or AWS
Preferred: Experience with AI safety, privacy-enhancing technologies, or language models
Preferred: Contributions to open-source projects
Preferred: Experience building products for developers
Preferred: Experience working in a startup environment
Preferred: A lower-level language such as Rust, Go, or C++ for performance-critical work
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.
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.
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