Director of Engineering, Safety

Discord is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead Safety Infrastructure Engineering. The org is approximately 20 engineers across two teams with two EM direct reports. The Director will lead backend infrastructure, AI-driven automation, and tight collaboration with operations partners who handle nuanced content review. As Discord grows into new surfaces like commerce and ads, the platform built here matters more. San Francisco Bay Area (in-office required; relocation assistance may be available). Salary: $400,000–$450,000 USD.

• 5+ years as a software engineer with a strong backend and distributed systems background, and 5+ years as an EM including 2+ years managing managers. Experience running 20+ engineers through multiple EMs. • Strong infrastructure instincts. Able to hold your own in architecture discussions on event-driven systems, service migrations, and platform design. • Fluent in AI and ML systems enough to partner credibly with an ML org and make good calls about where automation belongs in a decision pipeline. • Experienced working closely with ops or human-in-the-loop teams — QA, calibration, appeals, and ground-truth work. • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a history of partnering across engineering, ML, data science, policy, legal, and product teams. • Practical about throughput, vendor management, and unit economics. • Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.