Discord

Overview

We're hiring a Director of Engineering to lead Safety Infrastructure Engineering at Discord. The org is roughly 20 engineers across two teams with two EM direct reports. You'll report to the senior Director of Safety and work closely with T&S Operations, Safety ML, Safety Product, Legal, Policy, Security, and Core Tech.

About Discord

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 a

Requirements & Eligibility

• 5+ years as a software engineer with a strong backend and distributed systems background
• 5+ years as an EM including 2+ years managing managers
• Experience running 20+ engineers through multiple EMs
• Strong infrastructure instincts in event-driven systems, service migrations, and platform design
• Fluent in AI and ML systems enough to partner credibly with an ML org
• Experienced working closely with ops or human-in-the-loop teams
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow two engineering teams covering our safety backend: the decision platform, classification systems, content understanding, intake and routing pipelines, and observability
• Drive the automation roadmap with Safety ML
• Own the queue routing and internal tooling our ops teams and vendor partners rely on
• Consolidate fragmented systems onto infra and set the bar for engineering quality
• Hire, coach, and grow senior leaders