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.Discord's Legal team is looking for an Associate Product Counsel to join its Product
Legal team to provide dedicated support for our Safety products. Discord's Product Legal
team partners directly with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and cross-functional teams to
provide legal guidance and strategy that helps Discord launch new products and grow our user
base. We help teams navigate complex legal landscapes while achieving their product goals by
seeing around corners to identify risks and opportunities before they become roadblocks. 
As Associate Product Counsel, Safety, you'll be a key member of our Product Legal team,
partnering directly with our Safety Product organization. You'll advise on a range of
topics such as how users report harm, how those reports are routed and remediated, as well as
how Discord's safety detection models are built and deployed. You’ll also stay abreast of
and advise the Safety organization on new regulatory obligations around the world. Reporting to
our Managing Counsel for Safety Product, you'll join a small but growing team where your
work will directly shape how Discord works to improve user safety for millions of users.
What you'll be doing:

Serve as a key legal advisor to Discord's Safety Product teams, providing counsel across
the reporting, routing, and remediation surfaces that help users stay safe.
Support the development lifecycle and the guardrails governing deployment of models powering
Discord's safety systems—partnering closely with Safety ML on how detection models are
built, validated, and shipped.
Review and assess new safety features and practices from the early design stages and forward.
Advise on user-facing reporting, appeal, and take-down workflows, as well as the
region-specific obligations that may shape them such as the EU’s Digital Services Act or the
Take It Down Act in the United States.
Proactively monitor the global online safety landscape, identifying inbound regulatory
obligations affecting the Safety Product teams, assessing their applicability and exposure, and
advising the team on strategic response and prioritization.
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Trust & Safety
operations, and Policy to translate complex safety regulations into practical, scalable
solutions.
Collaborate across the Discord Legal team — including regional Regulatory, Privacy, and
Litigation Counsel—to develop aligned positions on cross-cutting safety obligations and drive
strategic decisionmaking about how Discord meets them.

What you should have:

J.D. from an accredited law school
Admission to the California Bar or eligible to register as in-house counsel with the California
Bar
4+ years of legal experience, ideally combining law firm and in-house experience at a
consumer-facing technology company
Demonstrated experience counseling product and engineering teams on online safety, content
moderation, platform liability, and/or privacy — ideally at a social, gaming, or UGC
platform.
Ability to turn complex regulatory text into clear, operational guidance that product and
engineering teams can actually implement
Strong business judgment and the ability to provide practical, creative advice on challenging
online safety and legal topics 
Proven ability to build trusted relationships with cross-functional partners and communicate
complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences
Self-starter with excellent project management skills and comfort operating in a fast-paced,
ambiguous environment.

Bonus points:

Experience with gaming platforms, social platforms, or UGC platforms.
Experience with Trust & Safety operations, content moderation systems, or
detection/classifier model development.
Knowledge of international online safety frameworks (EU Digital Services Act, Brazilian Digital
ECA, UK Online Safety Act, Australia Online Safety Act, or analogous regimes).
Knowledge of online safety regulations and frameworks in the United States (Take It Down Act,
COPPA, US-state age appropriate design or age assurance laws)
Exposure to child safety regulation and age-appropriate design requirements.
Experience developing legal operations infrastructure (playbooks, reviewer guidance, training,
tracking systems).

Please note: This role involves exposure to potentially disturbing topics such as child sexual
abuse material, exploitation imagery, and grooming-related content. Wellness support is
provided.
Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda,
Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties).
Relocation assistance may be available.
For this role, the hiring team would prefer folks to be in the office 1-2 days a week. 
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $200,000 to $225,000 + equity +
benefits. 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. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings
reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.Why Discord? Discord
plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. 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. We believe
games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together
or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is
just a click away!
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process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable
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