Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Anti Abuse
Discord's Machine Learning team is a mix of systems engineers, machine learning engineers and data scientists. Our mission is to use state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to build ML applications across Discord's product surfaces and infrastructure. We use data-driven approaches, follow the latest research and apply cutting-edge ML techniques to unlock new possibilities within areas such as trust and safety, user engagement, and revenue growth.
We're looking for a highly technical and mission-driven Staff Machine Learning Engineer specializing in behavioral modeling and analytics to improve user and community experiences on Discord. If that sounds exciting to you, read on!
What You'll Be Doing
- Design and build machine learning systems to prevent spam, account abuse and other forms of malicious behavior
- Provide relevant insights to team members to identify and prevent unusual and abusive patterns of user behavior
- Develop methodology and benchmarks to evaluate abuse detection systems
- Collaborate with team members throughout the company such as, leaders in product, data science, and engineering.
You'll Thrive in This Role If...
- You have 10+ years of experience as a Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist
- 8+ years professional experience, or Ph.D in a quantitative field including Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math, Statistics or other quantitative fields
- You have experience leading complex technical projects with successful outcomes. You can take a high-level goal and achieve a shippable solution
- You've worked with complex distributed machine learning systems deployed at scale
- You keep up with the industry trends and identify new tools to use to solve technical problems
Bonus Points
- Experience building and deploying Machine Learning systems in a cloud computing environment
- Experience with modern data processing stacks
New York City residents only: Minimum salary of $214,000/year + equity and benefits
*Note: Disclosure as required by NYC Pay Transparency Law
Colorado residents only: Minimum salary of $192,600/year + equity and benefits
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20).
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- Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
- Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
- 16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days
- Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
- Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
- Volunteer time off
- A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups
- Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees
About Us
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.
We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!