1. Glad to hear! I lead our data team, and we've got a bunch of open roles, multiple of which probably match your background:

https://jobs.lever.co/flyzipline/?team=Software%20Engineerin...

Happy to talk it over if any catch your fancy! My email is matt dot e dot fay at gmail dot com

2. There's certainly fewer, but still plenty in this field! For example, if you check the 80,000 Hours Job Board, both Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are hiring for software positions:

https://80000hours.org/job-board/factory-farming/

I can also ask around if you'd like.

3. The x-risk work is definitely speculative, by definition honestly. If the first two are stocks and bonds, this is the angel investing of cause areas:

https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/hits-based-giving

I've stayed away mostly because I was looking for tangibly impactful work (too removed for me), but there are really smart, kind folks making convincing arguments that this is the best use of your time and/or money. For example:

- https://80000hours.org/articles/future-generations/

- https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/12/21/18126576/ai-ar...

- https://futureoflife.org/2018/09/17/moral-uncertainty-and-th...

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