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Staff Software Engineer, Safety Processing

Lead backend engineering for Discord's Safety Processing team, designing scalable Python systems to detect and remove harmful content using ML/AI and adversarial approaches.

248k – 310k/yr
On-site8+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead, design, and build scalable backend systems for processing safety-related signals, primarily using Python
  • Guide and mentor the team through architectural and system design challenges, ensuring long-term scalability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build tools for content moderation and related compliance efforts, including in-house solutions and vendors
  • Implement and enhance ML/AI models and automation to improve efficiency in content moderation and decision-making processes
  • Build solutions with an adversarial mindset, anticipating and addressing safety challenges such as malicious behavior and illegal content
  • Drive workstreams and provide leadership to the team, mobilizing others to accomplish projects

Requirements

  • Extensive experience developing and maintaining backend systems using Python
  • Strong system design and architecture skills with the ability to build scalable, reliable systems for content moderation on large-scale projects
  • Ability to define workstreams, lead projects, and guide other engineers through implementation
  • Experience in a domain that required an adversarial mindset such as trust, safety, security, or privacy
  • Experience being in a 24/7 on-call rotation for production systems

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience working with ML/AI models in content moderation
  • Familiarity with Typescript/Javascript/React and frontend technologies
  • Familiarity with Rust
  • Previous experience at companies with a strong focus on safety, security, or trust & safety

Skills

PythonSystem DesignArchitectureMl/Ai ModelsContent ModerationBackend SystemsOn-CallTypeScriptJavaScriptReactRust

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