Senior Platform Security Engineer
Core
Design and deliver technical solutions for identity and access management, including Zero Trust architecture, service-to-service authentication, and secure cloud baselines.
Role type
Senior IC platform security engineer (identity and access management)
Builds
Discord's internal developer platform, employee authorization platform, and Zero Trust infrastructure
Domain
Cloud security, identity and access management (IAM), Zero Trust
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Identity and access management (IAM), authentication and authorization, Zero Trust architecture, cloud infrastructure security, software development, risk assessment, threat modeling, secure software supply chain
Preferred skills
Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD tooling (Terraform, Bazel), PKI and mTLS, secrets management (Vault), service mesh (Envoy, Istio), distributed systems
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, Rust, GCP, Cloudflare, AWS, Teleport, Vault, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, Envoy, Istio
Responsibilities
Define identity primitives for autonomous agents and non-human actors; build and evolve the employee authorization platform; design and harden Zero Trust architecture; automate continuous permission right-sizing; develop secure baselines for cloud identity and secure the software supply chain; consult on risk assessments and architectural designs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
