# Staff Software Engineer, Safety Experience 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
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $248K to $310K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-10
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8727410002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/discord-staff-software-engineer-safety-experience/

## 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 high-impact, user-facing safety products that deliver measurable results for Discord's users
- Own complex, multi-milestone projects end-to-end, identifying optimal solutions, navigating ambiguity and making independent technical decisions
- Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines that enable safety features to scale efficiently
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and Trust & Safety Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable
- Drive engineering excellence by mentoring others and guiding the team through architectural challenges to ensure long-term scalability
- Respond rapidly to the ever-evolving abuse and compliance landscape with strategic thinking and swift execution

Tags: Developers