Discord · 3 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer - Safety Processing
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$196K/yr - $220K/yr
4+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and community engagement. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Safety Processing team, responsible for building systems that ensure content safety and moderation at scale.
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Responsibilities
Own complex safety infrastructure projects end-to-end, from initial design through post-launch monitoring and iteration
Build and maintain critical systems for automated content review, enforcement, and safety signal processing at massive scale
Apply an adversarial mindset to your work, thinking through security, abuse scenarios, edge cases, and scalability concerns to protect Discord's users
Collaborate with Trust & Safety, ML, Policy, and product teams to understand requirements and deliver effective safety solutions
Break down complex, multi-milestone projects into smaller work streams while managing stakeholders and dependencies across teams
Debug and resolve issues within the team's codebase and adjacent systems, participating in on-call rotations
Contribute to technical design discussions and documentation, writing RFCs
Help establish best practices and maintain the team's quality bar through code reviews and mentorship
Qualification
Required
4+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on backend services and infrastructure
Strong programming skills in Python
Experience building and operating distributed systems and production services at scale
Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end and deliver results on time
Strong debugging skills and ability to navigate complex codebases
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional partners
Experience working in larger engineering organizations with multiple teams and stakeholders
A quality-centered mindset with attention to the right details at every stage of development
Demonstrated adversarial thinking - ability to anticipate misuse, edge cases, and system vulnerabilities
Experience with distributed systems concepts and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)
Experience being in 24/7 on-call rotations
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Preferred
Experience with content moderation, trust & safety, or related problem domains
Experience with workflow automation or decision systems
Experience with ML/LLM integration and prompt engineering
Experience with observability tools, metrics, and monitoring systems at scale
Experience with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)
A strong passion for Discord and making online communities safer
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
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
CTO & Co-Founder
Mike Polner
VP, Global Head of Marketing
Recent News
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