Privacy Engineer

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Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

We're looking for a Privacy Engineer to join us in protecting the data of Discord's users and enabling great experiences through responsible data use. We build systems to meet the privacy expectations of our users and enable other teams at Discord to do the same. If you are an engineer with a passion for privacy, a deep sense of curiosity, and an endless desire to improve Discord for our users, read on!

What you will do:

• Ensure user privacy is upheld across all aspects of Discord, from data collection and processing through to deletion.
• Develop technical tools and solutions that advance privacy at Discord, like enhancing privacy review processes through code and dataflow analysis and enforcing data minimization.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Product, Data, and Legal, to conduct risk assessments, code and design reviews, and ensure compliance with Discord’s Privacy Principles and regulatory requirements.
• Analyze privacy incidents for root causes and work with security and platform teams to ensure we are monitoring for new privacy risks.

What you have:

• A passion for user privacy and data protection.
• 1+ years experience protecting user data and user privacy through tools or processes, such as code review, data mapping, and static analysis. You are familiar with privacy enhancing technologies.
• You have a working knowledge of privacy by design and industry applications of consent, data deletion, and retention.
• You can ship code in at least one general programming language (such as Python, JavaScript, Go, or Rust)

Bonus Points:

• You are familiar with privacy threat models like LINNDUN
• You have experience applying statistical privacy techniques like k-anonymization
• You are familiar with using modern AI tooling to gain leverage in your work
• Experience developing, operating, and debugging distributed systems.
• Experience with modern cloud and data platform infrastructure
• Experience integrating internal systems with privacy and risk management platforms

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000 to $180,000 + 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. 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.