via Remote Rocketship
$90K - 150K a year
Lead development of user-facing safety products and backend APIs at scale.
Requires 5+ years Python backend and JavaScript frontend experience, strong collaboration, and production system troubleshooting.
Job Description: • Lead development of highly visible, user-facing products that protect Discord users • Design, build, and deploy production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines for safety features at scale • Collaborate with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and Trust & Safety Operations • Iterate on in-house tooling to improve Trust & Safety workflows • Respond to the evolving abuse and compliance landscape • Report to the Engineering Manager of Safety Experience Requirements: • 5+ years experience writing Python and utilizing back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django) • 5+ years experience developing front-end interfaces with JavaScript (React, TypeScript) for web and mobile platforms • Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, and ScyllaDB • Demonstrated success leading end-to-end delivery of complex projects • Ability to troubleshoot, debug, and test complex systems in a live production environment • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills • Experience using metrics and dashboards to make data-driven decisions and develop insightful reports • Experience in Safety or Anti-Abuse domain is a bonus • Experience analyzing and visualizing data using Datadog or Mode is a bonus • Familiarity with real-time streaming systems like Kafka or Pub-Sub is a bonus • Ability to contribute to offline analytics jobs and processes is a bonus • Experience building and operating mobile-client features on iOS and Android is a bonus • Exposure to Go, Rust, and Elixir is a bonus Benefits: • Equity • Benefits • Reasonable accommodations during the interview process
This job posting was last updated on 9/23/2026