Senior Backend Engineer, Safety & Scalable Infra
Summary
Build and maintain Discord’s safety infrastructure at scale, designing systems to detect and mitigate abuse while collaborating with Trust & Safety and ML teams.
Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own complex safety infrastructure end-to-end, from initial design through post-launch monitoring and iteration. You will build and operate production systems that run at massive scale and participate in on-call rotations.
You will apply an adversarial mindset to security, abuse scenarios, edge cases, and scalability concerns, and collaborate closely with Trust & Safety, ML, Policy, and product teams to deliver effective solutions while mentoring