Software Engineer, Safety Processing

Hospitable.com; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in online communication is seeking a Software Engineer for their Safety Processing team. The role involves building and modernizing systems that help detect and mitigate harmful content on their platform. Ideal candidates will have 3+ years of experience in full-stack engineering, strong Python skills, and a passion for safety in technology.

Qualifications

• 3+ years full-stack engineering experience.
• Strong with Python (Flask or similar).
• Experience solving complex systems problems.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and modernize systems to detect and mitigate harmful content.
• Develop full-stack internal tools used by safety agents.
• Improve efficiency and scalability of Discord's safety workflows.

Skills

Python

Full-stack engineering

Problem solving

Machine Learning

Job description

Title: Software Engineer – Safety Processing

Job Type: Full-time

Team: Trust & Safety – Safety Processing

Reports To: Engineering Manager, Safety Processing

Mission of the Role

As part of the Safety Processing team, your role is to build, scale, and modernize the systems that help detect, review, and mitigate harmful content on Discord.

You’ll be working on:

• Ingestion pipelines for safety signals (e.g., user reports)
• Automation via ML models and rule-based systems
• Tooling for human moderators and safety agents
• End-to-end stack: from backend processing to internal UI
• Design and build systems that help review potentially harmful content
• Work with ML engineers to integrate models for automation and prioritization
• Develop full-stack internal tools (back end + UI) used by safety agents
• Improve efficiency and scalability of Discord’s trust & safety workflows
• Contribute to Discord’s next-gen safety infrastructure

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years full-stack engineering experience
• Strong with Python (Flask or similar)
• Experience solving complex systems problems with practical engineering solutions

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