Discord is looking to make its platform safer for hundreds of millions of users by preventing harmful activities and ensuring regulatory compliance, which is essential for the company's growth.
Requirements
- 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.
- Experience using metrics and dashboards to make data-driven decisions and develop insightful reports.
- Experience analyzing and visualizing data using Datadog or Mode.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Other
- Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties).
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work well with cross-functional partners, designers, and other engineers.
- A strong moral compass that drives you to protect users and do the right thing.
- Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
