Staff Software Engineer, Safety Processing

Discord is a leading platform for gaming communities with millions of daily active users. The Staff Software Engineer role in the Safety Processing team focuses on building scalable backend systems to process safety signals and ensure trust and safety on the platform. This position involves leading projects, architectural guidance, and implementing ML/AI to improve content moderation and protect users.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, design, and build scalable backend systems for processing safety-related signals, primarily using Python
• Guide and mentor the team through architectural and system design challenges, ensuring long-term scalability as Discord continues to grow
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build tools for content moderation and related compliance efforts. This includes in house solutions and vendors
• Implement and enhance ML/AI models and automation to improve efficiency in content moderation and decision-making processes
• Build solutions with an adversarial mindset, anticipating and addressing safety challenges such as malicious behavior and illegal content on the platform
• Drive workstreams and provide leadership to the team, mobilizing others to accomplish projects and deliver impactful outcomes

Requirements:

• Extensive experience developing and maintaining backend systems using Python
• Strong system design and architecture skills with the ability to build scalable, reliable systems for content moderation with an emphasis on large scale projects, programs, or initiatives measured in quarters or years
• Ability to define workstreams, lead projects, and guide other engineers through implementation
• Experience in a domain that required an adversarial mindset such as trust, safety, security, or privacy
• Experience being in a 24/7 on-call rotation for production systems
• Experience working with ML/AI models in content moderation
• Familiarity with Typescript/Javascript/React and frontend technologies
• Familiarity with Rust
• Previous experience at companies with a strong focus on safety, security, or trust & safety