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Engineering Manager, Platform Security at Discord
Discord is hiring a Engineering Manager, Platform Security in Remote (West Coast). The role details below come from the employer’s posting. You apply on the employer’s own site, and TechJobs360 never charges candidates.
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1. Job details
Discord
Engineering Manager, Platform Security
Remote (West Coast)
Not disclosed by employer
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2. Job description from Discord
Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
More broadly, Discord is about empowering people to find belonging in all kinds of communities, and those people trust us to keep their communications safe. Our Platform Security Engineering team protects the systems we use to create Discord, making the “secure way” the “easy way.”
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers in articulating and pursuing the most leveraged opportunities to reduce security risk across Engineering. This team will design and build lovable “paved paths” for managing identities and access, shipping code, configuring cloud infrastructure, and operating services. If you’re an Engineering Manager who’s deeply curious, eager to own technically and socially complex projects, and excited to improve security and privacy at Discord, read on!
What you'll do
You’ll shape company-wide security strategy and lead a highly-autonomous and horizontally-integrated team of software engineers who will…
- Develop and apply best-in-class secure baselines for cloud infrastructure, owning the security of all cloud environments
- Manage infrastructure vulnerabilities while supporting a high-velocity engineering org with hundreds of developers
- Secure first- and third-party software supply chains, from the dev environment through CI/CD and into production
- Build and operate identity and access management (IAM) systems for humans and machines that are user-friendly and promote least privilege
- Consult on risk assessments, architectural designs, threat models, code reviews, and more—pragmatically balancing security with other business considerations
What we look for
- 3+ years of experience as people manager, having managed a team of 3+ security software engineers
- Passion for creating diverse and inclusive teams and coaching engineers
- 3+ years of experience securing systems with millions of users
- Comfort with writing the roadmap, not just following one
- Experience building in and securing cloud-based environments (we use GCP, Cloudflare, and AWS)
- Expert reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain unfamiliar components
- Experience writing software in a general-purpose programming language (we use Python, Typescript, and Rust)
- Experience developing with agentic AI, and a good grasp of AI security practices
Bonus points if you have…
- Understanding of modern authentication and authorization concepts (e.g. RBAC, OAuth, Zero Trust network architectures, mTLS)
- Familiarity with build and CI/CD technologies (e.g. Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, Spacelift)
- Experience defining and orchestrating containers (e.g. via Kubernetes, Docker, Distroless, OCI) and serverless workloads (e.g. Cloudflare Workers)
- Experience with running and operationalizing security platforms such as Wiz
This position is West Coast (U.S.) based and can be remote but if you live in the Bay Area, you’re welcome to work from our beautiful SF office.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $310,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Why Discord?
Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!
Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.
3. Skills that usually matter in cloud, DevOps and SRE roles
General guidance from TechJobs360, not part of Discord’s posting. The job description above is what counts for this role.
| Area | What to be comfortable with |
|---|---|
| Languages | Go, Python, Bash, Terraform (HCL) |
| Frameworks & tools | Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana) |
| Computer science basics | Data structures, algorithms, complexity |
| Ways of working | Version control, code review, testing, reading other people's code |
4. How to prepare for a Engineering Manager, Platform Security interview
Interview formats differ by company and team, so confirm the rounds with the recruiter. Most hiring loops for roles like this cover:
A recruiter call or an online test. Read the job description twice and be ready to explain how your experience matches it.
Often coding problems on arrays, strings, trees, graphs or dynamic programming, solved while you explain your thinking.
Often design and trade-off questions sized to the role: an API, a component, or a small system.
Answer with the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Prepare two or three real stories: a hard problem you solved, a disagreement you handled, and something you learned quickly.
5. Take-home pay example (FY 2026–27, new tax regime)
An example for two common package sizes, not this job’s salary. Under the new tax regime (Section 115BAC) salaried employees get a standard deduction of ₹75,000.
| Component | Example: ₹12 LPA | Example: ₹24 LPA |
|---|---|---|
| Basic salary (40% of CTC) | ₹40,000 / mo | ₹80,000 / mo |
| Employee EPF (12% of basic) | -₹4,800 / mo | -₹9,600 / mo |
| Income tax (TDS) | -₹6,933 / mo | -₹32,450 / mo |
| Professional tax | -₹200 / mo | -₹200 / mo |
| Approx. in-hand | ₹81,344 / mo | ₹1,44,304 / mo |
Work out the take-home pay for your own offer, in either tax regime.
6. Questions and how to apply
How do I apply?
Use the apply button below. It opens Discord’s own application page.
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Should I apply if I don’t match every requirement?
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