Senior Software Engineer, Application Security at Discord
Core
Building security features that protect user accounts, strengthen authentication and session security, and improve security-critical services for Discord's platform.
Role type
Senior hands-on IC application security engineer
Builds
User-facing account security tools and security-critical services
Domain
Consumer social platform / Application Security
Required skills
Application security engineering, multi-language code proficiency (Python, TypeScript, Rust, JavaScript), production software shipping, risk prioritization, authentication systems, passkeys, MFA, session management
Preferred skills
Experience with adversarial user environments
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, React, Rust, JavaScript, GCP
Responsibilities
Design and implement security features for user accounts, enhance authentication and session security mechanisms, collaborate with product teams to ship security tools, address emerging security threats
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
