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Senior Software Engineer – Trust & Safety at bumbleinc: Austin, Vereinigte Staaten; Vor Ort; IT; Backend Engineer. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: Austin, Vereinigte Staaten, Vor Ort
- Role classification: IT, Backend Engineer
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-05-30.
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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
About You
- 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
Nice to Haves
- 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
Location
- 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.
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
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