Discord
Technology
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-SafetyPlatform
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“Senior Software Engineer - Safety Platform at Discord. Skills: Safety platform, Backend services, Infrastructure programming. Own safety platform projects. Design projects”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver lovable products; Protect millions of users
Industry & Context.
Debugging; Troubleshooting
On-call rotations, One week per month in office, Two days per week in office
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years professional experience, Backend services experience, Infrastructure programming experience, Production services at scale experience, Distributed systems concepts experience, Cloud platforms experience, Debugging skills, Observability tools experience, Metrics experience, Monitoring systems experience
Nice to Have
Passion for Discord and gaming, Experience tackling safety problems, Experience with ML teams, Experience at large-scale social platforms
What You'll Do.
Own safety platform projects
Build safety infrastructure
Maintain safety infrastructure
Apply adversarial mindset
Think through security
Think through scaling
Think through abuse scenarios
Collaborate with Trust & Safety
Collaborate with ML teams
Collaborate with product teams
Understand requirements
Deliver safety solutions
Participate in on-call rotations
Break down complex projects
Contribute to technical design
Contribute to documentation
Establish best practices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional partners; Trust & Safety teams; ML teams; Product teams
Communication Scope
Technical design discussions; Documentation
Process & Methodology
Stakeholder management, Dependency management
Full Job Description
Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there's one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. The Safety Platform team is at the heart of keeping Discord safe for all users. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable scalable and reliable safety on Discord. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is capable of handling ambiguous, complex, multi-milestone projects. Our team developed Osprey, the open-source investigation and incident response tool that allows safety teams to understand what is happening on their platforms and take actions at scale. Osprey has since been open-sourced and donated to ROOST, reflecting our commitment to industry-wide safety improvements. As a Senior Engineer on Safety Platform, you'll take full ownership of projects from identifying efficient solutions to gathering feedback and collaborating with cross-functional partners. You'll deliver lovable products while maintaining Discord's high quality bar, utilizing 80/20 thinking and a user-centric approach. You'll embody a growth mindset, diving into new code and technologies to deliver safety solutions that protect mi
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