Engineering Manager, Platform Security

Hitmarker | Gaming Jobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 248,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Discord is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers in reducing security risk across Engineering. You’ll shape the security strategy, build IAM systems, and secure cloud infrastructure while balancing speed and safety.

You will mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, and collaborate across teams to ship secure software at scale. Relocation to SF Bay Area is supported with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing 3+ security software engineers
• Proven ability to lead diverse, inclusive teams
• Experience shaping security roadmaps and strategy
• 3+ years securing systems with millions of users
• Strong systems security reasoning for complex tech
• Experience in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Cloudflare)
• Proficient in Python, TypeScript, or Rust
• Knowledge of AI security practices and responsible tooling

Responsibilities

• Lead a software engineering team to reduce security risk across Engineering
• Design and operate IAM and secure software supply chains
• Promote least privilege and secure baselines for cloud infra
• Manage vulnerabilities while sustaining high velocity
• Advise on risk assessments, architecture, reviews and threat models

Skills

People management

Security architecture

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Python

Typescript

Rust

Kubernetes

Docker

Zero Trust

Tools

GCP

AWS

Cloudflare

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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 making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.

More broadly, Discord is about empowering people to find belonging in all kinds of communities, and those people trust us to keep their communications safe. Our Platform Security Engineering team protects the systems we use to create Discord, making the “secure way” the “easy way.”

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers in articulating and pursuing the most leveraged opportunities to reduce security risk across Engineering. This team will design and build lovable “paved paths” for managing identities and access, shipping code, configuring cloud infrastructure, and operating services. If you’re an Engineering Manager who’s deeply curious, eager to own technically and socially complex projects, and excited to improve security and privacy at Discord, read on!

What you’ll do

You’ll shape company-wide security strategy and lead a highly-autonomous and horizontally-integrated team of software engineers who will…

• Build and operate identity and access management (IAM) systems for humans and machines that are user-friendly and promote least privilege
• Secure first- and third-party software supply chains, from the dev environment through CI/CD and into production
• Develop and apply best-in-class secure baselines for cloud infrastructure
• Manage infrastructure vulnerabilities while supporting a high-velocity engineering org with hundreds of developers
• Consult on risk assessments, architectural designs, threat models, code reviews, and more—pragmatically balancing security with other business considerations

What we look for

• 3+ years of experience as people manager, having managed a team of 3+ security software engineers
• Passion for creating diverse and inclusive teams and coaching engineers
• Comfort with writing the roadmap, not just following one
• 3+ years of experience securing systems with millions of users
• Expert reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain unfamiliar components
• Experience building in and securing cloud-based environments (we use GCP, Cloudflare, and AWS)
• Experience writing software in a general-purpose programming language (we use Python, Typescript, and Rust)
• Experience developing with agentic AI, and a good grasp of AI security practices

Bonus points if you have…

• Understanding of modern authentication and authorization concepts (e.g. RBAC, OAuth, Zero Trust network architectures, mTLS)
• Familiarity with build and CI/CD technologies (e.g. Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, Spacelift)
• Experience defining and orchestrating containers (e.g. via Kubernetes, Docker, Distroless, OCI) and serverless workloads (e.g. Cloudflare Workers)
• Experience with running and operationalizing security platforms such as Wiz

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $310,000 + 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.

Why Discord?

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank.

Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.