Discord
Engineering Manager, Platform Security
San Francisco Bay Area · Mid · Full-time
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About the role
- More broadly, Discord is about empowering people to find belonging in all kinds of communities, and those people trust us to keep their communications safe.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Responsibilities
- You'll shape company-wide security strategy and lead a highly-autonomous and horizontally-integrated team of software engineers who will...
- Develop and apply best-in-class secure baselines for cloud infrastructure, owning the security of all cloud environments
- Manage infrastructure vulnerabilities while supporting a high-velocity engineering org with hundreds of developers
- Build and operate identity and access management (IAM) systems for humans and machines that are user-friendly and promote least privilege
- Consult on risk assessments, architectural designs, threat models, code reviews, and more-pragmatically balancing security with other business considerations
- Experience building in and securing cloud-based environments (we use GCP, Cloudflare, and AWS)
- Experience developing with agentic AI, and a good grasp of AI security practices
- Familiarity with build and CI/CD technologies (e.g. Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, Spacelift)
Requirements
- 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 with running and operationalizing security platforms such as Wiz
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $310,000 + equity + benefits.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Benefits
- Bonus points if you have…
Company info
- 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 after playing games.
- We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses.
- Join us in our mission!
This listing is sourced directly from Discord's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.