Join Discord as a Software Engineer to enhance safety processing and content moderation for millions of gamers.
Posted by employer 5 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Scale and improve content review and detection systems
- Build and maintain production systems
- Participate in on-call rotations
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Must have
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience with backend services and infrastructure
- Debugging skills in complex codebases
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with content moderation
- Experience with observability tooling
- Strong passion for Discord
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Engineer focuses on enhancing Discord's capabilities to detect and review harmful content, ensuring a safer environment for users. Key skills include backend development in Python and experience with distributed systems, particularly in cloud environments like GCP or AWS. This position is well-suited for someone with at least three years of experience in software engineering, especially those with a background in trust and safety or content moderation. The team emphasizes collaboration across various departments to deliver effective safety solutions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 3 days ago — first seen on Joblaze September 23, 2026. Last confirmed on Discord's careers page September 25, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 64% of 55 comparable mid backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $146,000 across 28 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 42.4% of 243 comparable mid backend roles in United States; GCP appears in 10.7% of 243 comparable mid backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer, Safety Processing role remote?
- It's hybrid — Discord expects some on-site time in San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.).
- What's the salary range?
- Discord lists $160,000–$220,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer, Safety Processing role.
- Where is the role based?
- Discord is hiring for this position in San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.).
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, GCP, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Discord targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer, Safety Processing role at Discord.
From the original posting
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.
Keeping our platform safe requires infrastructure that is accurate, scalable, and fair and the engineering challenges that come with that are genuinely hard. Our Safety Engineering teams build and operate the systems that power content moderation, enforcement, and safety signal processing at scale.
Our team developed Osprey, the open-source investigation and incident response tool that allows safety teams to understand what is happening on their platforms and take actions at scale. Osprey has since been open-sourced and donated to ROOST, reflecting our commitment to industry-wide safety improvements.
We're looking for a Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and contributing to critical infrastructure from design through post-launch iteration.
What You'll Be Doing
- 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
What You Should Have
- 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
Bonus Points
- 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
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000 to $220,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Why Discord?
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