Senior Software Engineer, Application Security
Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Application Security team. The successful candidate will help protect Discord's users, particularly their accounts. The role involves designing and implementing full-stack, user-facing security solutions for hundreds of millions of users. Responsibilities 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. Identify and design solutions for emerging threats to user account security. Research and implement new security capabilities for the Discord platform, staying current on the authentication and session security landscape. Build security controls and tools that emphasize self-service, automation, and performance to help identify and mitigate account security flaws. Requirements 5+ years of experience securing production applications. 3+ years of experience programming in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or Rust). Hands-on experience building and shipping production software, including security features, controls, frameworks, or guardrails. Hands-on experience with authentication and account security, such as WebAuthn, passkeys, FIDO2, MFA, and session management. Comfortable reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain components you're not familiar with, and can give engineers clear, sound guidance on secure design and implementation. Experience leading security projects with a cross-functional group. Experience building or hardening client applications, such as desktop or native mobile apps. Experience operating in cloud-based environments (Discord uses Google Cloud). Nice to Have Experience programming in at least one systems programming language (e.g., C, C++). Experience developing, operating, and debugging production systems. Familiarity with common application vulnerabilities on the platforms Discord ships on. Compensation The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + equity + benefits.