# Manager, Safety Analytics

**Company:** [Discord](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/discord)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $220k – $275k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, Machine Learning, Data Science, LLMs, AI Agents, Incident Response, threat intelligence, Experimentation, Automation, trust & safety, internet infrastructure
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Leads a multidisciplinary safety analytics team investigating scaled abuse, developing threat research roadmaps, and influencing automated countermeasures. Requires technical team-management experience, Trust & Safety expertise, SQL or Python fluency, and strong analytical and cross-functional leadership skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of data analysts, scientists, and researchers investigating active threats, platform abuse vectors, and adversarial patterns.
- Define a strategic roadmap to prioritize and disrupt high-impact abuse operations through structured research, rigorous analysis, and live experimentation.
- Collaborate with safety machine learning teams to identify threat signals and improve automated countermeasures.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Policy, Legal, and Revenue to influence safety-by-design decisions.
- Guide investment in automated rule engines, machine learning models, and agent moderation tools.

## Requirements
- 2+ years of people-management experience leading technical teams, including engineers, data scientists, analysts, or applied researchers.
- 4+ years of experience in a Trust & Safety domain, such as fraud, spam, scams, account compromise, or other high-volume threats.
- Fluency in SQL and/or Python for data investigation and pattern analysis.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills, including measurement and experimentation expertise.
- Experience driving automation adoption in operations or incident-response workflows to increase leverage and reduce manual work.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, including translating complex technical topics for senior leadership.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience using LLMs or AI agents for incident response, investigation automation, or signal triage.
- Experience addressing scaled abuse at large social platforms, marketplaces, or other high-volume consumer products.
- Threat intelligence research experience, including internet infrastructure and attacker tools and techniques.
- Passion for Discord or gaming and appreciation for the communities Discord serves.
- Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.

## Compensation
- US base salary: **$220,000–$275,000**, plus equity and benefits.

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