Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience

Hitmarker | Gaming Jobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Healthcare

Job summary

Discord is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Safety Experience team in San Francisco to design, build, and scale backend APIs and data pipelines that protect millions of users while ensuring regulatory compliance. You will work with Product, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal and Ops to craft safer, more lovable experiences across web and mobile platforms.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, troubleshoot live systems, and communicate with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building backend APIs with Python frameworks (Flask/Django).
• 5+ years of frontend experience with JavaScript, React, and TypeScript for web/mobile.
• Experience with databases such as Postgres/Cassandra/ScyllaDB.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale safety-focused features end-to-end.
• Strong debugging, testing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of user-facing safety features at scale.
• Design, build and deploy production APIs, data pipelines and services.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal and Ops to drive solutions.
• Improve internal tooling to accelerate safety workflows.
• Respond quickly to evolving abuse and regulatory landscapes.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

React

TypeScript

APIs

Data analysis

Tools

Flask

Django

Datadog

Mode

Kafka

Pub-Sub

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.

As a Senior Engineer on the Safety Experience team, you'll lead the charge in making Discord's platform safer for hundreds of millions of users. You'll design, build, and maintain product features and systems that prevent harmful activities while ensuring regulatory compliance. Keeping users safe is essential for Discord's growth, making your team's work critical. This role reports to the Engineering Manager of Safety Experience.

What you'll be doing

• Lead development of highly‑visible, user‑facing products that protect Discord's users.
• Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines to launch safety features at scale.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and T&S Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable.
• Iterate on in-house tooling to supercharge our T&S workflows.
• Respond rapidly to the ever‑evolving abuse and compliance landscape.

What you should have

• 5+ years experience writing Python and utilizing back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django).
• 5+ years experience developing front-end interfaces with JavaScript (React, TypeScript) for both web and mobile platforms.
• Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, and ScyllaDB.
• Demonstrated success leading end‑to‑end delivery of complex projects: breaking down ambiguity, coordinating rollouts, and aligning stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, debug, and test complex systems in a live, production environment.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work well with cross-functional partners, designers, and other engineers.
• Experience using metrics and dashboards to make data-driven decisions and develop insightful reports.

Bonus Points

• Experience in the Safety or Anti‑Abuse domain.
• Experience analyzing and visualizing data using Datadog or Mode.
• Familiarity with real‑time streaming systems like Kafka or Pub-Sub.
• Ability to contribute to offline analytics jobs and processes.
• Experience building and operating mobile‑client features on iOS and Android.
• Exposure to lower‑level languages such as Go, Rust, and Elixir.
• A strong moral compass that drives you to protect users and do the right thing.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $245,000 + 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.

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