Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (Safety)

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games. We are seeking an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our Safety ML team. This role focuses on building and deploying machine learning models that help keep Discord users safe, including real-time and batch systems for content understanding, risk evaluation, and account integrity. You will work closely with partners across product, engineering, design, policy, legal, and Trust and Safety to design and deliver effective ML solutions. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Machine Learning, Safety. What You'll Be Doing Analyze data to identify risk patterns and inform the design of machine learning models Build, iterate on, and evaluate models that detect risk and anomalous behavior Work with product, engineering, legal, and Trust and Safety partners to deliver effective ML solutions Work with partner teams in Trust & Safety to curate golden label sets at scale and improve data labeling techniques for model training Deploy models into production systems, writing backend code as needed to ensure scalability and reliability, and monitor performance Document modeling approaches and systems, and apply current machine learning best practices What you should have 4+ years of experience in ML engineering or applied ML roles. Strong coding skills in Python and fluency in ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow. Experience building performant machine learning systems at scale and have driven the execution of projects from ideation to production. Ability to think from first principles, approaching complex problems with creativity, clear reasoning, and pragmatic solutions. A growth

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games. The Notifications squad is a multidisciplinary group of engineers working across client experiences, infrastructure, and machine learning to make sure every notification Discord sends is high signal and high value. As a Software Engineer on Notifications, you'll own well-defined projects end-to-end, sweat the details of a great user experience, and grow your craft alongside a team that ships reliably and cares deeply about quality. This person will report to the Senior Engineering Manager for Growth. What You'll Be Doing Improve client device experiences for receiving notifications and tailoring notification preferences Build the platform that enables all other teams in the company to send delightful notifications while delivering the maximum value to our users. Pair with Machine Learning engineers to optimize global notification signals and quality. Maintain a high quality bar for our platform’s operational health and client performance Pair with Product and Design leads to find the right solutions that balance delight, speed of delivery and impact What you should have 2+ years of professional software engineering experience Proficiency in one or more of Python, Elixir, or Typescript with eagerness to learn new languages and skills A track record of delivering high quality software reliably and on time Attention to detail and a quality-first mindset: you sweat the right details and catch your own bugs before they reach customers You are motivated to help your team members succeed, grow, and learn from each other through empathetic feedback A customer-focused approach and comfort working toward clear, m

About Ema Ema builds AI Employees for HR, IT and Finance. Our AI Employees take on the busy work across the employee experience, from recruiting, onboarding and benefits to IT support, invoice processing and payroll, so people can spend their time on work that needs them. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Creaegis, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production. We ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. Role Overview We are seeking a seasoned AI Strategist to lead strategic enterprise accounts and play a pivotal role in shaping high-impact AI engagements. This role will work closely with our Executive Leadership Team, providing leverage on our most important deals and helping drive transformative AI adoption across major enterprises. The ideal candidate has previously served as a Senior Engagement Manager (or equivalent) at a top-tier consulting firm such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain, or comparable management consulting firms, and is familiar with complex enterprise sales motions. You must be comfortable engaging at C-level, shaping AI strategy for customers, and partnering cross-functionally to orchestrate successful outcomes. Key Responsibilities Strategic Account Leadership Own and drive AI strategy for high-value enterprise accounts Partner with executive sponsors, customer success, solution engineering, and product to deliver winning AI solutions. Act as the strategic advisor to client leadership, helping define AI transformation roadmaps and business cases. Deal Strategy & Executive Leverage Work closely with the CEO, CRO, and broader leadership team

About Ema Ema is building the world’s leading Agentic AI platform to transform enterprise productivity. We enable organizations to delegate repetitive tasks to Ema, the Universal AI Employee, delivering 10x gains in workforce efficiency, across functions. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production — we ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. Who are you? We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Software Engineer to join the Ema team. As an Enterprise Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our enterprise software applications. You will work with a cross-functional team of product managers, designers, and developers to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet the needs of our enterprise clients. The ideal candidate has experience building products across the stack and a firm understanding of web frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple back-end languages. Most importantly, you are excited to be part of a mission-oriented, fast-paced, high-growth startup that can create a lasting impact. You will: Develop and maintain enterprise software applications, including API, data, application, and service development Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code by employing test-driven development process. Build scalable and reliable back-end systems using languages like Go and Python Develop and maintain APIs using REST or GraphQL Integrate multiple enterprise applications and services using a scalable framework like FastAPI Build and maintain data schema using PostgreSQL,

About Ema Ema builds AI Employees for HR, IT and Finance. Our AI Employees take on the busy work across the employee experience, from recruiting, onboarding and benefits to IT support, invoice processing and payroll, so people can spend their time on work that needs them. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Creaegis, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production. We ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. About the role As Ema scales, our corporate IT environment tools, access, devices, and compliance has outgrown an ownership-by-default model. We're hiring an IT Engineer to own it end to end. This is not a traditional helpdesk role. Ema is an agentic AI company, and we expect our own internal operations to reflect that. You'll run corporate IT while systematically automating it, using agentic tooling to remove the manual work rather than absorbing it. The measure of success in this role is how little of it remains manual after a year and every employee’s experience is great. What you'll do Agentic Workflows & Automation: Treat every recurring manual task as an automation candidate, extending existing systems and leveraging AI coding tools to design autonomous workflows. Automated Identity & Access: Shift JML lifecycles, including global employee onboarding, Okta/SCIM provisioning, and access reviews from ticket-driven processes to policy-driven automation. SaaS Lifecycle Automation: Programmatically maintain tool inventories, track utilization, and reclaim unused licenses automatically. Automated Endpoint Security: Manage fleet MDM while automating

About Ema Ema is building the world’s leading Agentic AI platform to transform enterprise productivity. We enable organizations to delegate repetitive tasks to Ema, the Universal AI Employee, delivering 10x gains in workforce efficiency, across functions. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production — we ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. Who are you? We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Ema team. You are passionate about designing and developing maintainable software applications. You are a creative problem solver who thrives in ambiguity and can make abstract problems concrete. Most importantly, you are excited to be part of a mission-oriented, fast-paced, high-growth startup that can create a lasting impact. You Will: Design, develop, and implement exceptional user interfaces for web applications, using modern web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements, own the user experience, develop wireframes, and create high-fidelity prototypes. Develop and maintain API integrations, ensuring seamless communication between front-end and back-end systems, as well as with third-party services. Build, test, and deploy web applications using a variety of web development frameworks, such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Next.js. Troubleshoot and resolve UI-related issues, guaranteeing a consistent and optimal user experience across multiple platforms and devices. Build end-to-end writing clean, maintainable, and