Engineering Manager, Platform Security & IAM Leadership

EngineersOfAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 248,000 - 310,000; Full time

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Job summary

Discord is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a software engineering team focused on reducing security risk across Engineering. You will shape security strategy and own initiatives around identity and access, deployment pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and service operations.

The role requires deep technical and people leadership, with a focus on secure, scalable systems for millions of users and a fast-paced, high-velocity org.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as people manager, leading 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 with unfamiliar components
• Experience building in and securing cloud-based environments (GCP, Cloudflare, AWS)
• Experience writing software in Python, TypeScript, and Rust
• Experience developing with agentic AI and understanding AI security practices

Responsibilities

• Build and operate IAM systems for humans and machines that are user-friendly and follow least privilege
• Secure third-party software supply chains from dev to CI/CD to production
• Develop secure baselines for cloud infrastructure and monitor configurations
• Manage infrastructure vulnerabilities while supporting a fast-moving engineering org
• Advise on risk assessments, architectural designs, threat models, code reviews, balancing security with business goals

Skills

People management

Diversity & Inclusion

Roadmap development

Security architecture

Cloud security

Communication

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Rust

GCP

AWS

Cloudflare

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Spacelift

Buildkite

Job description

Discord is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a software engineering team focused on reducing security risk across Engineering. You will shape security strategy and own initiatives around identity and access, deployment pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and service operations.

The role requires deep technical and people leadership, with a focus on secure, scalable systems for millions of users and a fast-paced, high-velocity org.