Senior Software Engineer, Application Security
Core
Design and implement full-stack, user-facing security solutions to protect Discord user accounts, focusing on session security and authentication.
Role type
Senior IC application security engineer
Builds
Security-critical authentication services, user-facing account security tools, and security controls for hundreds of millions of users
Domain
Application security, authentication, session management, cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Full-stack development, authentication and account security (WebAuthn, passkeys, FIDO2, MFA, session management), cloud environment operations, cross-functional project leadership, client application hardening, systems reasoning
Preferred skills
Systems programming (C, C++), production system debugging, knowledge of application vulnerabilities across Discord platforms
Technologies
Google Cloud, Python, Go, Java, Rust, C, C++
