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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
- Lead development of highly‑visible, user‑facing products that protect Discord's users
- Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines to launch safety features at scale
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and T&S Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable
- Iterate on in-house tooling to supercharge our T&S workflows
- Respond rapidly to the ever‑evolving abuse and compliance landscape
- 5+ years experience writing Python and utilizing back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django)
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.
As a Senior Engineer on the Safety Experience team, you'll lead the charge in making Discord's platform safer for hundreds of millions of users. You'll design, build, and maintain product features and systems that prevent harmful activities while ensuring regulatory compliance. Keeping users safe is essential for Discord's growth, making your team's work critical. This role reports to the Engineering Manager of Safety Experience.
- Lead development of highly‑visible, user‑facing products that protect Discord's users.
- Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines to launch safety features at scale.
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and T&S Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable.
- Iterate on...
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