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About the role
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.
What they're looking for
- You have 5+ years of experience securing production applications
- You have 3+ years of experience programming in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or Rust)
- You have hands-on experience building and shipping production software, including security features, controls, frameworks, or guardrails
- You have hands-on experience with authentication and account security, such as WebAuthn, passkeys, FIDO2, MFA, and session management
- You are comfortable reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain components you aren’t familiar with, and can give engineers clear, sound guidance on secure design and implementation
- You have experience leading security projects with a cross-functional group
More about this role
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.
Discord empowers people to create spaces where they can find a sense of belonging in their lives. Millions of people trust Discord to keep their communications secure, private, and out of the hands of evildoers, so security and privacy are necessary to Discord's success.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Application Security team and protect Discord’s users where it matters most, their accounts. If you are an engineer with a wealth of experience making the secure way the easy way, a deep sense of curiosity, and an endless desire to improve Discord, read on!
This position is based in our San Francisco office. For this role, the Hiring Manager would like folks to be in the office 1-2 days a week.
- Join an engineering team designing and implementing full-stack, user-facing security solutions that...
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