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Staff Software Engineer, Safety Experience
Discord INC · 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area
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 roles4 certified filings for “Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning” (Computer and Information Research Scientists) in CA: $300k–$380k, median $310k. Most were filed at wage level III (50%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% 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. As a Staff Engineer on the Safety Experience team, you'll be a technical leader who autonomously delivers real business impact on large, ambiguous projects. You'll design and build product features and systems that prevent harmful activities at scale while ensuring regulatory compliance. This role requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to be a force multiplier for your team: driving engineering excellence, making solid technical decisions, and remaining a top code contributor. You'll work cross-functionally to shape the technical direction of safety initiatives that protect hundreds of millions of Discord users. This role reports to the Engineering Manager of Safety Experience . What You'll Be Doing • Lead development of high-impact, user-facing safety products that deliver measurable results for Discord's users. • Own complex, multi-milestone projects end-to-end, identifying optimal solutions, navigating ambiguity and making independent technical decisions. • Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines that enable safety features to scale efficiently. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and Trust & Safety Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable. • Drive engineering excellence by mentoring others and guiding the team through architectural challenges to ensure long-term scalability. • Respond rapidly to the ever-evolving abuse and compliance landscape with strategic thinking and swift execution. What you should have • 8+ years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality, high-impact work on complex projects. • Strong expertise in Python and back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django). • Strong front-end development skills with JavaScript (React, TypeScript) for web and mobile platforms. • Significant experience in the Safety or Anti-Abuse domain with deep understanding of trust and safety challenges at scale. • Proven track record of owning large projects end-to-end with varying degrees of ambiguity, breaking down work into well-prioritized milestones with clear dependencies. • Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions that balance short-term needs with long-term sustainability and scalability. • Experience driving engineering excellence: setting quality standards, conducting thorough code reviews, and applying an adversarial mindset to identify security, performance, and scaling issues. • Strong communication skills with ability to provide high-quality technical feedback, drive alignment across stakeholders, and facilitate productive debates that lead to clear decisions. • Experience using metrics and dashboards (e.g., Datadog, Mode, Faros) to make data-driven decisions and monitor system health. • Ability to be a force multiplier for your team by mentoring others, establishing best practices, and helping teammates grow their skills. • Experience utilizing AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor to supercharge dev workflows Bonus Points • Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, or ScyllaDB. • Experience with real-time streaming systems like Kafka or Pub-Sub. • Track record of building and operating native mobile features on iOS and Android. • Experience designing and implementing monitoring strategies and on-call/on-point processes for produc