Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience (Remote)

Triwill Group; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 196,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience to lead the development of safety features and scalable backend services. You will design and deploy production APIs, data pipelines, and collaborate across product, design, policy, data science, legal, and operations to create impactful, safe experiences for hundreds of millions of users.

The role emphasizes rapid response to abuse, strong communication, and ownership of end‑to‑end delivery on complex safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience writing Python and backend API frameworks (Flask, Django).
• Experience leading end‑to‑end delivery of complex projects across teams.
• Ability to troubleshoot and test complex production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of user‑facing safety features and robust APIs.
• Design, build, and deploy production services and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, Legal, and Ops.
• Iterate on internal tooling to improve safety workflows.
• Respond to evolving abuse and compliance challenges.

Skills

Python

Backend API design

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting production systems

Communication

Data-driven decisions

Tools

Flask

Django

Datadog

Mode

Kafka

Job description

Discord seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience to lead the development of safety features and scalable backend services. You will design and deploy production APIs, data pipelines, and collaborate across product, design, policy, data science, legal, and operations to create impactful, safe experiences for hundreds of millions of users.

The role emphasizes rapid response to abuse, strong communication, and ownership of end‑to‑end delivery on complex safety initiatives.