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.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 Platform Security
Engineering team protects the systems we use to create Discord, making the “secure way” the
“easy way.”
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers in articulating
and pursuing the most leveraged opportunities to reduce security risk across Engineering. This
team will design and build lovable “paved paths” for managing identities and access,
shipping code, configuring cloud infrastructure, and operating services. If you’re an
Engineering Manager who’s deeply curious, eager to own technically and socially complex
projects, and excited to improve security and privacy at Discord, read on!
What you'll do
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
Secure first- and third-party software supply chains, from the dev environment through CI/CD
and into production
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
What we look for
3+ years of experience as people manager, having managed a team of 3+ security software
engineers
Passion for creating diverse and inclusive teams and coaching engineers
3+ years of experience securing systems with millions of users
Comfort with writing the roadmap, not just following one
Experience building in and securing cloud-based environments (we use GCP, Cloudflare, and AWS)
Expert reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain unfamiliar
components
Experience writing software in a general-purpose programming language (we use Python,
Typescript, and Rust)
Experience developing with agentic AI, and a good grasp of AI security practices
Bonus points if you have…
Understanding of modern authentication and authorization concepts (e.g. RBAC, OAuth, Zero Trust
network architectures, mTLS)
Familiarity with build and CI/CD technologies (e.g. Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, Spacelift)
Experience defining and orchestrating containers (e.g. via Kubernetes, Docker, Distroless, OCI)
and serverless workloads (e.g. Cloudflare Workers)
Experience with running and operationalizing security platforms such as Wiz
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.
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. 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!
Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview
process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable
accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
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