# Safety Operations Lead at Thinking Machines

- Company: Thinking Machines
- What the company does: Connectionism: Research Blog by Thinking Machines Lab. Backed by a16z, Accel and GV.
- Company website: https://thinkingmachines.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $250K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thinkingmachines/9d1124f7-7f78-4e8d-a033-568c315826eb
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/thinking-machines-safety-operations-lead/

## About the role

We’re looking for a Safety Operations Lead who will focus on making our products safe by default while supporting fast product iteration and ambitious ideas. You’ll work closely with product engineers, security, researchers, and designers to bake safety and integrity into the way we design, build, and ship human-AI collaboration tools. Day to day, you'll be in the moderation queue while building the tooling and policy that make the next round of moderation faster and more accurate.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years in an operational trust & safety, content moderation, or fraud/abuse ops role with direct, recurring responsibility for a case queue
- Experience owning policy definition, operationalization, and enforcement end to end, evidenced by specific policies or enforcement programs you've built or run
- Direct case experience with at least one of: cybersecurity abuse, CBRN-relevant risk, youth safety, or prompt injection, in a production environment
- Working familiarity with model safety and abuse risk categories (jailbreaks, prompt injection, scaled abuse) and how to identify and mitigate them in a live product, evidenced by specific cases you've handled
- Practical experience using AI tools (Claude, Codex, or similar) to build or accelerate operational workflows, not just as a general user of these tools
- We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all preferred qualifications

Tags: Security & IT