Engineering Manager - Safety Engineering
Discord is looking for a technical, creative, hands-on and mission-driven Engineering Manager to lead the Safety Engineering team at Discord. This is role is leading & building the team that works on our user facing safety features, such as allowing users to report to Discord. You will hire, recruit, manage ICs and ensuring their direct success. The mission of the team is to keep the over 150M Discord users safe so if you are motivated as an Engineering Manager to build a team which can create the next generation of features for the users to make this happen: this is the role for you.What you'll be
- Lead the team building user facing safety features such as In-App Reporting in tandem with the technical pipelines to support the outcomes of the user feedback
- Build teams of engaged engineers by hiring, coaching, and influence, directly and through your managers
- Work with Safety, Product and Design to establish your team's vision and roadmap by thoroughly understanding your customers' needs
- Use your technical expertise to constantly ensure your team provides extraordinary results at the high technical level we set
- Partner with your director on strategic planning and to improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy
What you should have
- You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
- You have 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager and have managed a team of 5+ Software Engineers
- You are comfortable writing the roadmap -- not just following one
- You enjoy coming up with pragmatic solutions to concrete problems using the fundamentals
- You are passionate about coaching and leading other engineers, but love to code when the opportunity arises
Bonus Points
- You have worked on Safety / Anti-Spam or Anti-Abuse teams before
- You have worked with product managers and designers to ship product
- You have experience hiring for fast-growing startups
- You love experimentation and get excited when numbers move by 1%
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- Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
- Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
- 16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days
- Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
- Generous stipends for headphones, your remote work setup, and lunch on a daily basis (while we’re all remote)
- Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
- Volunteer time off
- A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups
- Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees
About Us
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.
We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!