Software Engineer, Distributed Systems - Trust & Safety at Gamma
San Francisco, CA
$180,000–$310,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-focused trust and safety engineering role responsible for building and scaling systems that detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and malicious content across a large user base. Day-to-day work spans distributed systems design, real-time content scanning pipelines, anomaly detection, rate limiting, and internal tooling for support teams. Suits an experienced backend engineer with a background in high-traffic production systems and an interest in applying AI-based approaches to content moderation and abuse prevention.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,250 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 930–1,600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role sits squarely between backend software engineering (distributed systems, APIs, event pipelines) and information security/trust & safety (fraud detection, abuse prevention, content moderation). 15-1252 Software Developers is the primary classification because the core deliverables are building and shipping systems, not operating or auditing them; 15-1212 Information Security Analysts is the runner-up given the heavy trust & safety framing.
Backend language requirement is stated as 'Node.js, Python, or similar' — Node.js is emitted as the primary with Python in alternatives. Database requirement is 'PostgreSQL, Redis' — these are listed together as the required database stack; Redis also appears as the primary option for the event streaming requirement ('Redis, Kafka, or similar'), so it is captured in both contexts.
TypeScript, Prisma, Apollo GraphQL, AWS, and LLMs all appear exclusively under the 'Nice to have' section.
The posting spans 'multiple internal levels' with a very wide $180K–$310K range, signaling the role could be filled at different seniority bands. The 5+ years requirement and scope of ownership support a Senior classification.
The role is explicitly in-office 4–5 days per week in San Francisco; remote is false.
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