Staff Software Engineer, Safety Processing

Discord·San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles Area·Posted 30 October 2025

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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. We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Safety Processing team. This team plays a crucial role in ensuring trust and safety across Discord, processing signals from user reports and automated systems to identify and remove harmful or illegal content from our platform. You’ll lead backend projects, provide architectural guidance, and help build scalable systems that protect our users. Your work will directly impact the safety of our platform and help make Discord a place where everyone can belong. To learn more about Discord Engineering, take a look at our engineering blog. What You'll Be Doing: 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…

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