Engineer 2 - Trust and Safety
vrchat
📍 Remote🌐 Remote🕐 5d ago🔗 himalayas
Job Description
### Join the [VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) Team!
[VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) offers a first-of-its-kind, game-changing platform that provides an endless collection of social VR experiences and gives the power of creation to its robust community. With over 250,000 worlds and growing, [VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com)’s vision is to allow users to bring their imaginations to life and help shape the metaverse anywhere in the world on any device. [VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) has raised $100M to date with the support of investors, Makers Fund, Anthos Capital and HTC.
We have a great team which includes people from: Netflix, Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google, Amazon, Unity, Spotify, Discord, Uber, eBay, Robinhood, Twitch, Zynga and TikTok. Come and join the mission!
### Job Overview
We’re looking for a full-stack web developer to join our Trust and Safety team. You will be instrumental in developing and refining critical safety, moderation, and anti-abuse systems to ensure safe user connections and experiences. This role involves working with Node.js, React, and MongoDB to build out new features, improve existing infrastructure, and integrate with third-party tools to maintain a secure and trustworthy environment for our global user base.
### What You'll Do
* Work within a full-stack team to develop, implement, and maintain new features for the [VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) platform and operational team.
* Focus on enhancing safety systems, building the UI/UX and backend systems for support, moderation, and safety operations, with consideration for cost and user privacy.
* Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers across the stack to translate product and design vision into functional code through informed tradeoffs and accurate estimates.
* Contribute to all stages of the feature lifecycle, from initial concept and prototyping to deployment and post-launch iteration and maintenance.
* Ensure the usability, stability, reliability, and performance of critical moderation and safety services, participating in on-call rotations as needed.
* Participate in code reviews to maintain a high bar for code quality, architectural integrity, performance, and reliability while spreading knowledge across the team.
### Qualifications
* 2-5+ years of professional experience developing, building and maintaining web applications.
* Proficiency in the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) and related technologies like Redis.
* Experience building scalable, RESTful APIs.
* Experience building usable, responsive web front ends using React and CSS, or other similar technologies.
* Experience with database design and optimization, state management, and third-party integrations.
* Familiarity with version control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
* An agile, collaborative mindset and excellent communication skills, capable of working independently and effectively in a remote, cross-functional team environment.
### Bonus Points
* Understanding of a game client/server architecture and data flow (Unity/C# a plus), especially as it relates to telemetry or abuse vectors.
* Experience working in, or directly with, moderation or Trust and Safety teams.
* Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP) and containerization (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
* Demonstrated interest in online communities, VR, or [VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) (as a user or creator).
### Benefits
* Work from anywhere! [VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) is a 100% remote company offering flexible working hours in combination with core hours supporting real-time collaboration
* Health Benefits
* 401K for US & Group RRSP for Canadian Employees
* Stock Options
* Generous paid holiday schedule
* Unlimited/flexible vacation time
* Paid parental leave benefits
[VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) is an equal-opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. [VRChat](https://himalayas.app/companies/vrchat-com) fosters a diverse, creative, and collaborative environment where anyone can contribute to any of the ongoing projects or direction of the roadmap at any time. If you’re a passionate team player who wants to have an impact on a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you!
All job offers are subject to satisfactory referencing and background checks.
Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)