Software Engineer, Safety Processing
San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.) · San Francisco · USD 160,000-220,000 · 3+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 21, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.) · San Francisco
- Salary
- USD 160,000-220,000 · Base salary
About the role
- Our Safety Engineering teams build and operate the systems that power content moderation, enforcement, and safety signal processing at scale.
- We're looking for a Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and contributing to critical infrastructure from design through post-launch iteration.
Responsibilities
- Scale and Improve Discord’s ability to review and detect harmful content on the platform
- 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
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience focused on backend services and/or infrastructure in Python (or similar)
- Experience building and operating distributed systems and production services at scale such as GCP or AWS
- Debugging skills and ability to navigate complex, multi-service codebases
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, including experience working with cross-functional partners
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with content moderation, trust & safety, or related problem domains
- Experience with observability tooling, metrics, and monitoring systems at scale
- A strong passion for Discord and making online communities safer
Benefits
- equity
- benefits
Workplace
- San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.); San Francisco
Skills
- Python
- GCP
- AWS
