Security Software Engineer, Privacy (Senior)

Character’s mission is to empower everyone with AGI. Our vision is to enable people with our technology so that they can use Character.AI any moment of any day.

Character.AI is one of the world’s leading personal AI platforms. Founded in 2021 by AI pioneers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character.AI is a full-stack AI company with a globally scaled direct-to-consumer platform. As of 2023 that platform was #2 in the space in user engagement. Character.AI is uniquely centered around people, letting users personalize their experience by interacting with AI “Characters.” The company achieved unicorn status in 2023 and was named Google Play’s AI App of the Year.

Noam co-invented the key tech powering LLMs and was recently named to TIME100’s Most Influential People in AI list. TIME called him “one of the most important and impactful people of the space’s past, present, and future.” Daniel created and led LaMDA, the breakthrough conversational tech project currently powering Bard.

To learn more, please visit beta.character.ai.

About the role

We are seeking a talented and creative Privacy Engineer to join our Engineering team! As a Privacy Engineer at Character.AI, you’ll partner closely with our Legal and Product teams to develop thoughtful privacy frameworks for Character’s growing platform and build the technology that powers them. This is an exciting opportunity to jump into the cutting-edge field of AI privacy and help shape the next generation of privacy architecture.

Among the critical tasks you’ll take on:

• Develop technical systems to operationalize privacy controls

• Work with the Legal team to define data minimization, retention, and deletion protocols and build the technology to implement them

• Build lightweight, user-friendly user interfaces to maximize user control over data, in partnership with the Product team 

• Partner with the Data team to implement data governance solutions

• Establish a framework and build tools to anonymize both third-party and user data

• Partner with the Security team on data protection issues

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience building and scaling backend systems to support a fast-growing consumer application

• 3+ years experience working on privacy or data governance-related Engineering projects

• Experience writing highly performant services and strong knowledge of Python and/or Golang

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining individual microservices that collectively form complex, scalable backend systems

• Extensive experience with various database technologies, both relational (like PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (such as MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB). Proficiency in database design, sharding, replication, and tuning for high-traffic environments is highly desirable

• Familiarity with major cloud service providers such as GCP, AWS, and/or Azure

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a knack for identifying and addressing bottlenecks, ensuring that backend systems perform optimally under varying loads

• Proven ability to work collaboratively with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to conceive, design, and implement new features that enhance user experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to cross-functional teams and stakeholders

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

You will be a good fit if:

• You are proactive and have a “get things done” mindset

• You enjoy working cross-functionally across different teams (e.g. Legal and Product) and balancing privacy and product needs

• You’re excited to create new technological systems from the ground up

• You care deeply about user privacy and data governance 

• You’re willing to tackle new challenges and new responsibilities as the company grows

• You have a passion for creating innovative AI experiences, and you’re enthusiastic to lay the groundwork for our product teams to harness the power of AI.

Character is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We value diversity and encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.