Discord is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join their Safety Processing team to ensure trust and safety across the platform by processing signals to identify and remove harmful or illegal content, thereby making Discord a safer place for users.
Requirements
- Extensive experience developing and maintaining backend systems using Python
- Strong system design and architecture skills with the ability to build scalable, reliable systems for content moderation with an emphasis on large scale projects, programs, or initiatives measured in quarters or years
- Ability to define workstreams, lead projects, and guide other engineers through implementation
- Experience in a domain that required an adversarial mindset such as trust, safety, security, or privacy
- Experience being in a 24/7 on-call rotation for production systems
- Experience working with ML/AI models in content moderation
- Familiarity with Typescript/Javascript/React and frontend technologies
Responsibilities
- 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, ensuring long-term scalability as Discord continues to grow
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build tools for content moderation and related compliance efforts.
- Implement and enhance ML/AI models and automation to improve efficiency in content moderation and decision-making processes
- Build solutions with an adversarial mindset, anticipating and addressing safety challenges such as malicious behavior and illegal content on the platform
- Drive workstreams and provide leadership to the team, mobilizing others to accomplish projects and deliver impactful outcomes
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.
- Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
