Senior Software Engineer, Application Security

Discord is a voice, video, and text platform that helps friends come together to hang out, play games, and have fun. Founded in 2015, Discord has grown to support millions of daily active users and plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. Security and privacy are essential to Discord's success.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Application Security team and protect Discord's users where it matters most: their accounts. You will join an engineering team designing and implementing full-stack, user-facing security solutions that protect hundreds of millions of Discord users.

• Lead full-stack work to strengthen session security and authentication for Discord's users.
• Improve, operate, and maintain security-critical authentication services, owning their correctness and security.
• Partner with Product teams to drive adoption of stronger authentication and ship user-facing account security tools.
• Identify and design solutions for emerging threats to user account security.
• Research and implement new security capabilities, staying current on the authentication and session security landscape.
• Build security controls and tools that emphasize self-service, automation, and performance.

• 5+ years of experience securing production applications.
• 3+ years of experience programming in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or Rust).
• Hands-on experience building and shipping production software, including security features, controls, frameworks, or guardrails.
• Hands-on experience with authentication and account security, such as WebAuthn, passkeys, FIDO2, MFA, and session management.
• Comfortable reasoning about the security of complex systems and giving clear, sound guidance on secure design.
• Experience leading security projects with a cross-functional group.
• Experience building or hardening client applications, such as desktop or native mobile apps.
• Experience operating in cloud-based environments (Google Cloud preferred, but other platforms okay).

• Experience programming in at least one systems programming language (e.g., C, C++).
• Experience developing, operating, and debugging production systems.
• Familiarity with common application vulnerabilities on the platforms Discord ships on.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $245,000 + equity + benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role and level; individual pay is determined by additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

This position is West Coast (U.S.) based and can be remote, but if you live in the Bay Area, you're welcome to work from our beautiful SF office.

Apply through the provided link. Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.