Staff Software Engineer, Safety Processing

Discord is a voice, video and text platform that helps friends come together to hang out, play games and have fun. It plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, focusing on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

Discord is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join its Safety Processing team. This team ensures trust and safety across Discord by processing signals from user reports and automated systems to identify and remove harmful or illegal content. The role involves leading backend projects, providing architectural guidance, and building scalable systems to protect users.

• Lead, design, and build scalable backend systems for processing safety-related signals, primarily using Python.
• Guide and mentor the team through architectural and system design challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build tools for content moderation and compliance efforts.
• Implement and enhance ML/AI models and automation to improve content moderation efficiency.
• Build solutions with an adversarial mindset, anticipating safety challenges.
• Drive workstreams and provide leadership to the team.

• Extensive experience developing and maintaining backend systems using Python.
• Strong system design and architecture skills for scalable, reliable systems.
• Ability to define workstreams, lead projects, and guide engineers.
• Experience in a domain requiring an adversarial mindset (trust, safety, security, or privacy).
• Experience being in a 24/7 on-call rotation for production systems.

• Experience with ML/AI models in content moderation.
• Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript/React and frontend technologies.
• Familiarity with Rust.
• Previous experience at companies with a strong focus on safety, security, or trust & safety.

This position is US-based only. Candidates must be located in the Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay Areas. Los Angeles area candidates can work remotely; San Francisco area candidates are required to be in the office 2 days per week. Relocation assistance may be available to the San Francisco Bay Area.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $279,000 to $341,000 + equity + benefits.

Apply via the Greenhouse job posting.