Senior Security Engineer, Application Security

Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives. Trusted by millions of people to keep their communications secure, private, and out of the hands of evildoers, security and privacy are necessary to Discord's success.

We're looking for a Security Engineer to join us in protecting Discord's users. If you are an engineer with a passion for security and privacy, a deep sense of curiosity, and an endless desire to improve Discord for our users, read on!

What you’ll do:

• Develop technical solutions to find and address security issues (including libraries and frameworks).
• Build tools with an emphasis on self-service, automation, and performance, to help identify and mitigate application security flaws.
• Perform reviews ranging from architectural design to threat modeling and source code level assessments, providing recommendations to make our products more secure.
• Review development frameworks for security functionality, consistency, and uplift opportunities.
• Conduct application security assessments across all Discord services both user-facing and internal.
• Discover weaknesses in Discord by using both manual and automated methods (code reviews, threat models, static scans, penetration tests).

What you have:

• You have 5+ years experience securing production applications.
• You have 3+ years of experience with application security tooling and processes, including code review, static code analysis, penetration testing, and risk management.
• You have experience implementing and using static and dynamic security tools.
• You have 3+ years of experience programming in at least one general purpose programming language (e.g. Python, Rust, Go).
• You have experience operating in cloud-based environments (we use Google Cloud, but experience with other platforms is ok too).
• You are comfortable reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain components you aren't familiar with.
• You have experience leading security projects with a cross-functional group.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with Threat Modeling and analyzing complex designs.
• Experience programming in at least one systems programming language (e.g. C, C++).
• Familiarity with common application vulnerabilities on the platforms Discord ships on (that's all of them).
• Experience with Linux system administration (we use Ubuntu).
• Experience developing, operating, and debugging distributed systems

 

New York City only: Minimum salary of $186,000/year + equity and  benefits 

*Note: Disclosure as required by NYC Pay Transparency Law

 

Colorado only: Minimum salary of $148,800/year + equity and  benefits 

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20).