Discord · 3 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer - Safety Experience
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$248K/yr - $279K/yr
8+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and social interaction. As a Staff Engineer on the Safety Experience team, you'll lead the development of user-facing safety products and ensure regulatory compliance while driving engineering excellence across the team.
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Responsibilities
Lead development of high-impact, user-facing safety products that deliver measurable results for Discord's users
Own complex, multi-milestone projects end-to-end, identifying optimal solutions, navigating ambiguity and making independent technical decisions
Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines that enable safety features to scale efficiently
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and Trust & Safety Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable
Drive engineering excellence by mentoring others and guiding the team through architectural challenges to ensure long-term scalability
Respond rapidly to the ever-evolving abuse and compliance landscape with strategic thinking and swift execution
Qualification
Required
8+ years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality, high-impact work on complex projects
Strong expertise in Python and back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django)
Strong front-end development skills with JavaScript (React, TypeScript) for web and mobile platforms
Significant experience in the Safety or Anti-Abuse domain with deep understanding of trust and safety challenges at scale
Proven track record of owning large projects end-to-end with varying degrees of ambiguity, breaking down work into well-prioritized milestones with clear dependencies
Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions that balance short-term needs with long-term sustainability and scalability
Experience driving engineering excellence: setting quality standards, conducting thorough code reviews, and applying an adversarial mindset to identify security, performance, and scaling issues
Strong communication skills with ability to provide high-quality technical feedback, drive alignment across stakeholders, and facilitate productive debates that lead to clear decisions
Experience using metrics and dashboards (e.g., Datadog, Mode, Faros) to make data-driven decisions and monitor system health
Ability to be a force multiplier for your team by mentoring others, establishing best practices, and helping teammates grow their skills
Preferred
Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, or ScyllaDB
Experience with real-time streaming systems like Kafka or Pub-Sub
Track record of building and operating native mobile features on iOS and Android
Experience designing and implementing monitoring strategies and on-call/on-point processes for production systems
Knowledge of lower-level languages such as Go, Rust, or Elixir
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Relocation assistance may be available
Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$995.41MKey Investors
Flat CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupSony Interactive Entertainment
2024-03-01Secondary Market
2022-11-22Series I
2022-03-12Secondary Market· $10.86M
Leadership Team
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Board Member & Advisor to the CEO
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