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Engineering Manager, Platform Security

Discord · San Francisco Bay Area

Posted about 2 months ago · $248,000 to $310,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
53 days
Discord's roles stay open a median of 54 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
98% of Discord's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Discord
high
34 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
2026-09-26

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 an Engineering Manager for Platform Security at Discord, you will lead a team of software engineers focused on enhancing security across the organization. Your responsibilities include developing secure cloud infrastructure, managing vulnerabilities, and building user-friendly identity and access management systems. You will also consult on risk assessments and architectural designs while fostering a diverse and inclusive team environment.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
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

  • 3+ years of experience as people manager, having managed a team of 3+ security software engineers
  • 3+ years of experience securing systems with millions of users
  • Experience building in and securing cloud-based environments (we use GCP, Cloudflare, and AWS)
  • Expert reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain unfamiliar components
  • Experience writing software in a general-purpose programming language (we use Python, Typescript, and Rust)
  • Comfort with writing the roadmap, not just following one

Nice to have

  • Understanding of modern authentication and authorization concepts (e.g. RBAC, OAuth, Zero Trust network architectures, mTLS)
  • Familiarity with build and CI/CD technologies (e.g. Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, Spacelift)
  • Experience defining and orchestrating containers (e.g. via Kubernetes, Docker, Distroless, OCI) and serverless workloads (e.g. Cloudflare Workers)
  • Experience with running and operationalizing security platforms such as Wiz

What you get

  • US base salary range of $248,000 to $310,000 + equity + benefits

Worth weighing

  • Position requires in-office presence 1-2 days a week
  • No specific mention of remote work options
  • Salary range provided, but individual pay depends on various factors
  • Focus on security in a gaming context may not appeal to all candidates

Summarised from Discord's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Discord on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-26. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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