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Staff Software Engineer - Platform Security

Discord Inc.San Francisco Bay Area or Remote
Remote Full-time $248K/yr - $279K/yr

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Experience Level

Mid to Senior

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities:Influence and shape the organization’s security strategy while leading engineering projects within an autonomous and horizontally-aligned team. This role is code-focused!Establish and implement leading secure baselines for our cloud infrastructure. Secure both first- and third-party software supply chains, from development environments through CI/CD to production. Develop and manage identity and access management (IAM) systems that are intuitive and adhere to the principle of least privilege. Oversee infrastructure vulnerabilities while supporting rapid growth within Engineering. Provide consultation on risk assessments, architectural designs, threat models, code reviews, and more—striking a balance between security needs and business objectives. Example Projects:Enhance IAM with scalable platform solutions (learn more at Discord Blog). Create tooling to identify and remediate vulnerabilities across our infrastructure.

About the job

Join Discord, a platform cherished by over 200 million users monthly, where gaming is at the heart of our community. With more than 90% of our users engaging in games, they collectively spend 1.5 billion hours enjoying thousands of unique titles on Discord every month. Our commitment is to enhance the gaming experience by facilitating enjoyable interactions before, during, and after gameplay.

At Discord, we empower individuals to connect within diverse communities, and our users trust us to safeguard their conversations. Our Platform Security Engineering team is dedicated to fortifying the systems that underpin Discord, ensuring that the "secure way" becomes the "easy way."

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to drive this mission forward through your security expertise, software development skills, and operational excellence. In this technical leadership role, you will identify and pursue impactful opportunities to mitigate security risks across our Engineering teams. You will design and implement user-friendly "paved paths" for managing identities, deploying code, configuring cloud infrastructure, and operating services effectively.

If you are a security engineer with a profound curiosity, keen on tackling technically and socially complex projects, and motivated to enhance security and privacy at Discord, we encourage you to explore this opportunity further!

About Discord Inc.

Discord is a thriving platform that facilitates connections among gamers and communities. Our mission is to make communication easier and more enjoyable for users, whether they are gaming or simply chatting. We are devoted to ensuring the safety and security of our users' interactions.

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