Expert

Summary

Join Discord's Product Policy organization as a Safety By Design Policy practitioner and lead efforts to build safe products, focusing on Discord's public API, SDKs, and developer ecosystem. Partner with cross-functional teams to identify safety risks and opportunities in product changes and build mitigations. Own the Discord Developer Policies, governing third-party developers' use of the API and SDKs. Build and maintain knowledge of Discord's ecosystem and work with the Safety cross-functional group to evaluate policy and enforcement impacts. Support the development of responsible product development content and write user-facing communications. The role involves potential exposure to sensitive content. This position offers a competitive salary range of $192,000 to $216,000 + equity + benefits.

Requirements

• At least 3 years’ experience working on APIs, SDKs, app stores, middleware, open source, or other third-party integrations
• Experience working on relevant issues, preferably responsible product development, trust & safety product, advocacy for marginalized communities; or similar functions in non-profit, community organizations, or tech
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education / experience
• Passion for understanding and mitigating the unintended impact of the online communication services on users and society
• Experience working directly with product, engineering, design, research partners, or multiple stakeholders at the same time
• Attitude of collaboration, flexibility, and always questioning your assumptions

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Design, Developer Compliance, Developer Relations, and other cross-functional roles to identify safety risks and opportunities in new visible and invisible product changes; work with those teams to build mitigations into the product design and contribute to product strategy
• Own the Discord Developer Policies, governing the acceptable uses of our public API and SDKs by third-party developers, in close collaboration with the Developer Compliance and Legal teams
• Build and maintain knowledge about Discord’s public API, SDKs, products, internal tools, infrastructure, and developer ecosystem of third-party applications
• Work closely with the Safety cross-functional group (Safety XFN) to evaluate the policy and enforcement impacts on new product changes, and scope the necessary requirements to support those teams
• Support the development of responsible product development content, such as training, guides, talking points, strategies, and presentations, for engagement with internal and external stakeholders
• Write user-facing communications to explain our products and safety features through blog posts, Help Center Articles, and other resources

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming experience is not required, but it may be helpful in demonstrating proficiency with APIs
• Familiarity with Discord
• Experience in international social issues or policy development
• Multilingual

Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits