TL;DR

Engineering Manager, Application Security: Lead a team building and implementing application security tools and services, performing secure design reviews and threat modeling, and providing guidance on secure development at Discord with an accent on securing code and development processes from IDE to production. Focus on scaling detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities and partnering with product engineering and product management teams to champion new security features for users.

Location: Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available.

Salary: $248,000 to $279,000 + equity + benefits.

Company

Discord is a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests.

What you will do

  • Lead a team of security engineers to build and implement application security tools and services, perform secure design reviews, and provide guidance on secure development.
  • Secure Discord's code and development process from IDE to production.
  • Scale detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities.
  • Work with other Discord teams to limit security exposure to users and shake out security bugs before production.
  • Partner with Discord's product engineering and product management teams to champion new security features for users.

Requirements

  • You have 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager and have managed a team of 3+ Security Engineers.
  • You have experience programming in at least one general purpose programming language (e.g. Python, Rust, Go).
  • You have development-with-AI experience and a good grasp of AI Security practices.
  • You have experience leading multiple security projects with a cross-functional group.
  • You have experience with tools used to automate vulnerability discovery and remediation.
  • You have experience operating in cloud-based environments (Google Cloud preferred).

Nice to have

  • Working knowledge of modern and frequently used cryptographic primitives.
  • You have experience with container orchestration technologies (e.g. Kubernetes).
  • Experience with Linux system administration.
  • Familiar with common application vulnerabilities on the platforms Discord ships on.

Culture & Benefits

  • Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming.
  • Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.