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Principal Software Engineer- Trust & Safety

Storm3, San Francisco, CA, United States


Principal Software Engineer- Trust & Safety
This range is provided by Storm3. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range
$250,000.00/yr - $325,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types
RSUs

Seeking a Principal Engineer to architect the future of identity, account management, user communication infrastructure, and trust & safety systems for a $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month.

In this role, you will:

Define and evolve our authentication and authorization architecture (e.g., OAuth 2.0, SSO, MFA)

Own core services powering sign-up, login, recovery, and settings

Architect a scalable, consent-aware system for in-app, push, email and external comms; partner with Braze and marketing teams to drive intelligent engagement

Trust & Safety Systems: Build infrastructure to support abuse detection, content moderation, and policy enforcement

Privacy and Consent Frameworks: Ensure platform-wide compliance with data protection regulations (e.g., COPPA, GDPR, FERPA)

Cross-Org Collaboration: Influence engineering and legal peers on data minimization, secure defaults, and safety practices

What you bring to the table:

10+ years of backend/platform engineering experience, with 5+ years in identity, messaging, or trust systems

Hands-on experience in security, compliance, and messaging infrastructure (e.g., rate limiting, consent management, opt-in flows)

Hands-on experience with Nodejs, Go, Python, or TypeScript

Familiarity with tools like Braze, Segment, or equivalent martech stacks

Passion for building platforms that enable scale, intelligence, and trust

Proven ability to lead architectural transformation while shipping continuously

Strength in cross-functional collaboration, especially with legal, marketing, and product

20 PTO days

Hybrid 3x/ week

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type
Full-time

Job function
Software Development

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