Staff Software Engineer, Safety ExperiencePosted today$248K–$310K

The opportunity

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on…

What you'll do

  • 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.

What they're looking for

  • + 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.