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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - Safety Experience - **Company:** Discord Inc. - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $248,000.0 - $310,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Code Review, Databases, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Django Web Framework, Design of User Interfaces, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Datadog, ReactJS, Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Front End Software Development, Discord, Data Pipelines, Elixir - **Published:** June 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1a89390ffd66cb11 ## About the Role Do you have experience in UI development?, * 8+ years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality, high-impact work on complex projects. * Strong expertise in Python and back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django). * Strong front-end development skills with JavaScript (React, TypeScript) for web and mobile platforms. * Significant experience in the Safety or Anti-Abuse domain with deep understanding of trust and safety challenges at scale. * Proven track record of owning large projects end-to-end with varying degrees of ambiguity, breaking down work into well-prioritized milestones with clear dependencies. * Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions that balance short-term needs with long-term sustainability and scalability. * Experience driving engineering excellence: setting quality standards, conducting thorough code reviews, and applying an adversarial mindset to identify security, performance, and scaling issues. * Strong communication skills with ability to provide high-quality technical feedback, drive alignment across stakeholders, and facilitate productive debates that lead to clear decisions. * Experience using metrics and dashboards (e.g., Datadog, Mode, Faros) to make data-driven decisions and monitor system health. * Ability to be a force multiplier for your team by mentoring others, establishing best practices, and helping teammates grow their skills. * Experience utilizing AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor to supercharge dev workflows Bonus Points * 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 and on-call/on-point processes for production systems. * Knowledge of lower-level languages such as Go, Rust, or Elixir. ## Description As a Staff Engineer on the Safety Experience team, you'll be a technical leader who autonomously delivers real business impact on large, ambiguous projects. You'll design and build product features and systems that prevent harmful activities at scale while ensuring regulatory compliance. This role requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to be a force multiplier for your team: driving engineering excellence, making solid technical decisions, and remaining a top code contributor. You'll work cross-functionally to shape the technical direction of safety initiatives that protect hundreds of millions of Discord users. This role reports to the Engineering Manager of Safety Experience. What You'll Be Doing * Lead development of high-impact, user-facing safety products that deliver measurable results for Discord's users. * Own complex, multi-milestone projects end-to-end, identifying optimal solutions, navigating ambiguity and making independent technical decisions. * Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines that enable safety features to scale efficiently. * Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and Trust & Safety Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable. * Drive engineering excellence by mentoring others and guiding the team through architectural challenges to ensure long-term scalability. * Respond rapidly to the ever-evolving abuse and compliance landscape with strategic thinking and swift execution. ## Related Videos - [Psychological Safety in Software Engineering - Jenny-Margrethe Vej & Alexandra Hou Aldershaab](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2142-psychological-safety-in-software-engineering-jenny-margrethe-vej-alexandra-hou-aldershaab) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Bringing digital education to refugee and host communities in remote regions of Africa](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/644-bringing-digital-education-to-refugee-and-host-communities-in-remote-regions-of-africa) - [Developer Marketing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1049-developer-marketing) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [The ABC of DX](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/727-the-abc-of-dx) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 131 - AI'm not sure about OSS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/472-dev-digest-131-ai-m-not-sure-about-oss) - [Dev Digest 119 - ❤️ === ❤️](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/454-dev-digest-119) - [Dev Digest 129 - Now that's what I call private data!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/468-dev-digest-129-now-that-s-what-i-call-private-data) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix)