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As the manager responsible for Safety ML, you will own the detection systems that sit between attackers and our users; real-time and batch models for content understanding, account integrity, and platform abuse.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nBuild and lead an exceptional team of highly-engaged ML engineers by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact.\nDrive the technical vision and roadmap for Safety ML by collaborating with your team and partners across Trust & Safety, Product, Policy, Legal, and Data Science.\nOwn the end-to-end lifecycle of production safety models: defining new capabilities, measuring performance, and monitoring the operational health of systems that make millions of enforcement decisions per day.\nManage processes and leverage your technical expertise to continually raise the bar and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results.\nPartner with Trust & Safety on label quality, golden sets, and automating manual investigations.\nWork with other Engineering Managers to continuously improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy.\nWhat you should have\nYou have 5+ years of experience as a Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, or Applied Scientist.\nYou have 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager and successfully managed a team of 5+ engineers.\nYou have hands-on depth in at least one of: abuse/fraud detection, content classification, behavioral modeling, graph-based modeling, or LLM-based classification systems.\nYou have strong communication skills and the ability to work well cross-functionally.\nYou thrive in ambiguous environments and get excited about figuring out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on them.\nYou are a first principles thinker that can work with others to come up with pragmatic solutions.\nYou have a proven record of shipping ML systems to production at scale.\nYou are passionate about coaching and leading other engineers, but can roll up your sleeves and get elbow deep in code when needed.\nYou keep up with the industry trends and continuously identify new technologies to leverage to solve technical problems\nThe base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. This position will also be eligible for equity and 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 role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.\nBase Salary\n$272,000—$340,000 USD\nWhy Discord? \nDiscord 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, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. 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! 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