Engineering Manager: Platform Security & IAM

Discord; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers focused on reducing security risk across Engineering. You will shape security strategy and own technically complex, high-impact projects in identity, access, and cloud security.

You will mentor engineers, drive secure development practices, and collaborate with product teams to balance security with speed. This role emphasizes inclusive leadership and scalable security solutions for millions of users.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing a team of security engineers.
• Experience securing services with millions of users.
• Ability to craft roadmaps and balance security with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Shape company-wide security strategy and lead a cross-functional team.
• Develop secure baselines for cloud infrastructure and manage vulnerabilities.
• Secure software supply chains from development to production.
• Build and operate IAM systems that are usable and enforce least privilege.
• Provide risk assessments, threat modeling, and architecture reviews.

Skills

People management

Security software engineering

Cloud security

IAM

Threat modeling

Code reviews

Python/Typescript/Rust

AI security practices

Tools

GCP

AWS

Cloudflare

Job description

Discord is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers focused on reducing security risk across Engineering. You will shape security strategy and own technically complex, high-impact projects in identity, access, and cloud security.

You will mentor engineers, drive secure development practices, and collaborate with product teams to balance security with speed. This role emphasizes inclusive leadership and scalable security solutions for millions of users.