Senior Software Engineer, Application Security

Job Overview

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 after playing games.

Job Description

Discord empowers people to create spaces where they can find a sense of belonging in their lives.

Millions of people trust Discord to keep their communications secure, private, and out of the hands of evildoers, so security and privacy are necessary to Discord's success.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Application Security team and protect Discord’s users where it matters most, their accounts.

If you are an engineer with a wealth of experience making the secure way the easy way, a deep sense of curiosity, and an endless desire to improve Discord, read on! This role is open to remote locations within the Pacific Standard Time Zone.

What you'll do Join an engineering team designing and implementing full-stack, user-facing security solutions that protect hundreds of millions of Discord users. Lead full-stack work to strengthen session security and authentication for Discord’s users.

Improve, operate, and maintain security-critical authentication services, owning their correctness and security. Partner with Product teams to drive adoption of stronger authentication and to ship user-facing account security tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full-stack work to strengthen session security and authentication for Discord’s users.
• Build security controls and tools that emphasize self-service, automation, and performance to help identify and mitigate account security flaws.
• You have hands-on experience building and shipping production software, including security features, controls, frameworks, or guardrails.
• You have hands-on experience with authentication and account security, such as WebAuthn, passkeys, FIDO2, MFA, and session management.
• You have experience leading security projects with a cross-functional group.
• You have experience building or hardening client applications, such as desktop or native mobile apps.
• 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.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• If you are an engineer with a wealth of experience making the secure way the easy way, a deep sense of curiosity, and an endless desire to improve Discord, read on!
• Who you are You have 5+ years of experience securing production applications.
• You have 3+ years of experience programming in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or Rust).
• You have hands-on experience building and shipping production software, including security features, controls, frameworks, or guardrails.
• You have hands-on experience with authentication and account security, such as WebAuthn, passkeys, FIDO2, MFA, and session management.
• You have experience leading security projects with a cross-functional group.
• You have experience building or hardening client applications, such as desktop or native mobile apps.
• You have experience operating in cloud-based environments (we use Google Cloud, but experience with other platforms is okay too).

Benefits and Perks

• Bonus points Experience programming in at least one systems programming language (e.g.
• The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $245,000 + equity + benefits.
• Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

Work Location and Schedule

This role is listed as Remote USA with location information shown as Remote USA. The employment type is Full Time.

About the Company

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