Senior Backend Engineer, Safety Platform

Xflow; San Francisco (CA); Ibrido; USD 196.000 - 245.000; Tempo pieno

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Descrizione del lavoro

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Safety Platform team in the United States. You will own safety platform projects end-to-end, build critical safety infrastructure, and apply an adversarial mindset to security and scale.

You will collaborate with Trust & Safety, ML, and product teams, debug complex systems, and participate in on-call rotations. The role emphasizes mentorship and maintaining high-quality standards across platforms.

Competenze

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, backend focus.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Experience building and operating production services at scale.
• Ability to own projects end-to-end and deliver results on time.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS).
• Strong debugging skills and navigating complex codebases.
• Observability tools, metrics, and monitoring.
• Excellent communication with cross-functional partners.

Mansioni

• Own complex safety platform projects end-to-end, from design through post-launch monitoring.
• Build and maintain critical safety infrastructure.
• Apply adversarial thinking to security, scaling, and abuse scenarios.
• Collaborate with Trust & Safety, ML, and product teams to define requirements.
• Debug and resolve issues in the codebase and adjacent systems; participate in on-call rotations.
• Break down projects into smaller work streams and manage stakeholders.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and write RFCs when needed.
• Help establish best practices and maintain quality through code reviews and mentorship.

Conoscenze

Python

Rust

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

Debugging

Observability

Communication

Descrizione del lavoro

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Safety Platform team in the United States. You will own safety platform projects end-to-end, build critical safety infrastructure, and apply an adversarial mindset to security and scale.

You will collaborate with Trust & Safety, ML, and product teams, debug complex systems, and participate in on-call rotations. The role emphasizes mentorship and maintaining high-quality standards across platforms.