Safety By Design Policy Expert

🔐 Role Overview

Position: Safety By Design Policy Expert, Developer Platform

Company: Discord

Location: Remote (U.S. based)

Type: Full-time

Base Salary: $192,000 – $216,000 + equity + benefits

Reports to: Senior Manager, Safety By Design Policy

This role sits at the intersection of policy, product, and engineering, working to ensure safety is embedded into the APIs, SDKs, and third-party developer ecosystem on Discord.

🧾 Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate across departments (Product, Engineering, Legal, Design, Compliance, DevRel) to identify and mitigate safety risks in new or existing developer-facing features.
• Own and evolve the Discord Developer Policies, dictating how third parties can use APIs and SDKs safely and responsibly.
• Deeply understand and document how Discord’s public APIs, SDKs, tools, and developer apps interact with the broader platform.
• Evaluate policy implications of product changes and define enforcement and mitigation requirements.
• Help develop internal safety frameworks, presentations, and training materials for teams.
• Write external user-facing content to explain safety practices (e.g., blog posts, help docs).

✅ Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience related to APIs, SDKs, app platforms, open source, or third-party integrations.
• Demonstrated experience with:
• Responsible product development
• Trust & Safety
• Digital policy
• Advocacy for vulnerable/marginalized communities
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills—able to partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Deep concern for tech’s social impact, particularly around communication platforms.
• Proactive, collaborative, and willing to challenge assumptions in the interest of safer systems.

✨ Nice-to-Haves

• Programming background (helpful for API proficiency, but not mandatory).
• Familiarity with Discord as a platform or its developer ecosystem.
• Experience in international digital policy or regulation.
• Multilingual (to support global community engagement and policy localization).

🛡️ Why This Role Matters

This isn’t just about writing safety rules—it’s about baking protection into the platform’s architecture. As Discord expands its developer ecosystem (APIs, bots, SDKs), safety risks also scale. You’ll shape how developers can build safely on Discord and influence the direction of policy from the ground up.

📍 Ideal Candidate Profile

You're a great fit if you:

• Have experience in tech policy, developer platforms, or T&S strategy
• Can fluently navigate between technical detail and policy implications
• Are passionate about creating safer digital spaces, especially for marginalized users
• Want to drive systemic change and proactively embed safety into platform infrastructure