# Senior Software Engineer, Safety Processing at Discord

- Company: Discord
- What the company does: Backed by Index.
- Company website: http://discordapp.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles Area
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $221K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8545675002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/discord-senior-software-engineer-safety-processing/

## 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

- Own complex safety infrastructure projects end-to-end, from initial design through post-launch monitoring and iteration
- Build and maintain production systems that operate at massive scale, participating in on-call rotations
- Apply an adversarial mindset to your work — thinking through security, abuse scenarios, edge cases, and scalability concerns
- Collaborate closely with Trust & Safety, ML, Policy, and product teams to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions
- Break down large, multi-milestone projects into prioritized work streams while managing stakeholders and dependencies across teams
- Contribute to technical design discussions and write RFCs, help establish best practices and maintain a high quality bar through code reviews and mentorship

Tags: Developers