Discord

Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience

Discord$196K — $245K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Python and back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django)
  • 5+ years of experience developing front-end interfaces with JavaScript (React, TypeScript)
  • Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, and ScyllaDB
  • Proven ability to lead end-to-end delivery of complex projects
  • Expertise in troubleshooting, debugging, and testing live systems
  • Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Experience using metrics for data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of user-facing products to enhance safety on Discord
  • Design, build, and deploy production APIs and backend services for safety features
  • Collaborate with multiple departments including Product, Design, and Legal for impactful solutions
  • Enhance internal tools to improve T&S workflows
  • Quickly adapt to the changing landscape of online abuse and compliance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options
  • Company equity to align employee interests
  • Flexible work schedule promoting work-life balance
  • Support for professional development and continuing education.
Full Job Description
As a Senior Engineer on the Safety Experience team, you'll lead the charge in making Discord's platform safer for hundreds of millions of users. You'll design, build, and maintain product features and systems that prevent harmful activities while ensuring regulatory compliance. Keeping users safe is essential for Discord's growth, making your team's work critical. This role reports to the Engineering Manager of Safety Experience. What you'll be doing • Lead development of highly-visible, user-facing products that protect Discord's users. • Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines to launch safety features at scale. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and T&S Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable. • Iterate on in-house tooling to supercharge our T&S workflows. • Respond rapidly to the ever-evolving abuse and compliance landscape. What you should have • 5+ years experience writing Python and utilizing back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django). • 5+ years experience developing front-end interfaces with JavaScript (React, TypeScript) for both web and mobile platforms. • Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, and ScyllaDB. • Demonstrated success leading end-to-end delivery of complex projects: breaking down ambiguity, coordinating rollouts, and aligning stakeholders. • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, debug, and test complex systems in a live, production environment. • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work well with cross-functional partners, designers, and other engineers. • Experience using metrics and dashboards to make data-driven decisions and develop insightful reports. Bonus Points • Experience in the Safety or Anti-Abuse domain. • Experience analyzing and visualizing data using Datadog or Mode. • Familiarity with real-time streaming systems like Kafka or Pub-Sub. • Ability to contribute to offline analytics jobs and processes. • Experience building and operating mobile-client features on iOS and Android. • Exposure to lower-level languages such as Go, Rust, and Elixir. • A strong moral compass that drives you to protect users and do the right thing. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $245,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

About Discord

Discord is a communication platform designed for creating communities. The platform allows users to create and join servers, which are essentially chat rooms, and communicate with other users via text, voice, and video. Discord was founded in 2015 and has grown rapidly, with over 250 million registered users as of 2019. The company has raised $480 million in total funding.
Learn more about Discord
Size
800 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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