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Engineering Manager, Platform Security
Discord INC · 🇺🇸 Remote (West Coast)
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 23 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Discord INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Engineering Manager” (Computer and Information Systems Managers) in CA: $300k–$300k, median $300k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Discord INC
The US Department of Labor certified 23 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 play