Senior Security Engineer – Account & Auth Systems

Taswiq4me; United States, Northern America, Americas; Hybrid; USD 196.000 - 245.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity

Benefits

Remote work

Zusammenfassung

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Application Security team to design and secure user accounts at scale. You will lead authentication-driven projects, improve session controls, and own security-critical services while collaborating with product teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, production-grade security features, and innovation across WebAuthn, MFA, and related technologies. Remote-friendly with competitive compensation.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years securing production applications.
• 3+ years programming in at least one language (Python, Go, Java, or Rust).
• Hands-on experience shipping production software with security features or guardrails.
• Experience with authentication and account security (WebAuthn/FIDO2/MFA, session management).
• Experience leading security projects across teams.

Aufgaben

• Design and implement full-stack, user-facing security solutions that protect hundreds of millions of users.
• Lead full-stack work to strengthen session security and authentication.
• Operate and maintain security-critical authentication services and ensure correctness.
• Partner with Product teams to drive adoption of stronger authentication and ship user-facing account security tools.
• Research and implement new security capabilities for the Discord platform.

Kenntnisse

Security software

Auth & session security

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud experience

Production software

Tools

WebAuthn

FIDO2

Jobbeschreibung

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Application Security team to design and secure user accounts at scale. You will lead authentication-driven projects, improve session controls, and own security-critical services while collaborating with product teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, production-grade security features, and innovation across WebAuthn, MFA, and related technologies. Remote-friendly with competitive compensation.