Staff Software Engineer, Safety Experience
Discord · San Francisco Bay Area
Posted 21 days ago · $248,000 to $310,000
or apply directly on Discord's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Discord's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 98% of Discord's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Discord
- high 27 stale, 0 reposted of 49 open
- Hiring momentum
- 69 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Discord's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Discord.
About this role
As a Staff Engineer on the Safety Experience team at Discord, you'll lead the development of user-facing safety products, ensuring they are effective and compliant. Your role involves designing and deploying APIs and backend services, mentoring team members, and collaborating with various departments to tackle safety challenges. You'll also be responsible for managing complex projects and making independent technical decisions to enhance user safety on the platform.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Discord as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience
- Strong expertise in Python and back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django)
- Strong front-end development skills with JavaScript (React, TypeScript)
- Significant experience in the Safety or Anti-Abuse domain
- Proven track record of owning large projects end-to-end
- Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions
Nice to have
- Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, or ScyllaDB
- Experience with real-time streaming systems like Kafka or Pub-Sub
- Track record of building and operating native mobile features on iOS and Android
- Experience designing and implementing monitoring strategies
- Knowledge of lower-level languages such as Go, Rust, or Elixir
What you get
- US base salary range of $248,000 to $310,000
- Equity
- Benefits
Worth weighing
- No specific details on the tech stack beyond Python and JavaScript frameworks
- Role involves navigating ambiguity and making independent decisions, which may require a high level of self-direction
- Focus on safety and compliance may limit exposure to other areas of software development
Summarised from Discord's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Discord on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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