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About the Role

Discord's Legal team is seeking an Associate Product Counsel to support its Safety products. This role involves partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to provide legal guidance and strategy for launching new products and growing the user base. The Associate Product Counsel will advise on user harm reporting, remediation processes, and the development and deployment of safety detection models, while staying updated on global regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities

Serve as a key legal advisor to Discord's Safety Product teams, providing counsel across reporting, routing, and remediation surfaces.
Support the development lifecycle and guardrails for models powering Discord's safety systems, partnering with Safety ML on model development, validation, and shipment.
Review and assess new safety features and practices from the early design stages.
Advise on user-facing reporting, appeal, and take-down workflows, including region-specific obligations like the EU’s Digital Services Act or the US Take It Down Act.
Proactively monitor the global online safety landscape, identifying and assessing inbound regulatory obligations and advising on strategic response.
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Trust & Safety operations, and Policy to translate complex safety regulations into practical, scalable solutions.
Collaborate across the Discord Legal team to develop aligned positions on cross-cutting safety obligations and drive strategic decision-making.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school
Admission to the California Bar or eligible to register as in-house counsel with the California Bar
4+ years of legal experience, ideally combining law firm and in-house experience at a consumer-facing technology company
Demonstrated experience counseling product and engineering teams on online safety, content moderation, platform liability, and/or privacy, ideally at a social, gaming, or UGC platform.
Ability to turn complex regulatory text into clear, operational guidance for product and engineering teams.
Strong business judgment and ability to provide practical, creative advice on challenging online safety and legal topics.
Proven ability to build trusted relationships with cross-functional partners and communicate complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences.
Self-starter with excellent project management skills and comfort operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Skills

Online safety
Content moderation
Platform liability
Privacy
Gaming platforms
Social platforms
UGC platforms
Trust & Safety operations
Content moderation systems
Detection/classifier model development
International online safety frameworks (EU Digital Services Act, Brazilian Digital ECA, UK Online Safety Act, Australia Online Safety Act)
US online safety regulations (Take It Down Act, COPPA, US-state age appropriate design or age assurance laws)
Child safety regulation
Age-appropriate design requirements
Legal operations infrastructure

Location

San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties)

Work Type

Hybrid (1-2 days in office per week)

Experience Level

4+ years of legal experience

Education Level

J.D. from an accredited law school
Admission to the California Bar or eligible to register as in-house counsel with the California Bar

Salary/Compensations

$200,000 to $225,000

Benefits

Equity
Wellness support

About the Company

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.
Discord is 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!

Equal Opportunity

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