Discord

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. The Senior Manager of the Solution Architect, Games team leads a team that is responsible for helping game developers successfully integrate Discord's suite of developer tools (including the Social SDK) into their games and optimize their overall Discord Community presence. This role combines people leadership with hands-on technical expertise: you'll manage and develop a team of specialists while personally serving as the technical expert on our most complex integrations. This will start as a player-coach role ideal for someone with deep experience in game development, particularly multiplayer, who wants to build and lead a high-performing team while staying close to the technical work. This role is expected to evolve into a management-only role as the team scales. Who Is A Good Fit You may be a good fit for this opportunity if you come from roles within the Gaming ecosystem like: - Solutions Engineering Manager - Solutions Architect Manager - Partner Engineering Manager - Technical Partnerships / Account Manager - Developer Relations Manager - Developer Experience Manager Key Responsibilities Team Leadership - Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Integration (Social SDK, new emerging products) and Community (Official Server optimization) Specialists, setting clear goals aligned with department objectives - Drive continuous improvement across the team through regular retrospectives and feedback - Identify growth opportunities and create developmental assignments that expand team capabilities - Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to ensure team focus aligns with broader company initiatives Technical Leadership - Serve as the subject matter expert for technically complex integrations - Establish systems, tools and automations that evolve the managed white glove service of today into at-scale, repeatable processes. - Lead technical discovery sessions and architectural reviews for customer implementations - Provide expert guidance on best practices for integrating Discord's Social SDK and enabling commerce in diverse game genres, engines and platforms - Translate complex business requirements into technical implementation plans - Contribute to product roadmap decisions based on customer feedback and technical insights Customer Partnership - Own solution architecture for Discord's most technically challenging AAA managed accounts - Build trusted advisor relationships with senior technical stakeholders at partner studios - Develop strategies for your team’s portfolio of developers to maximize the value of Discord's developer and Community tools - Prepare and deliver technical updates to stakeholders on integration progress and milestones Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to drive successful customer outcomes - Contribute to sales enablement through technical documentation, reference architectures, and case studies - Inform product and cross-functional leadership on operational aspects of customer integrations Requirements - Experience managing a team, with a demonstrated ability to develop talent and drive team performance - Technical background in game development - Direct experience working within a game studio or game ecosystem provider - Ability to read, understand, and discuss code across multiple languages - Familiarity with game engines (such as Unity, Unreal, proprietary), platforms, and development toolchains - Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for varied audiences - Track record of building relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders Nice to Have - Proficiency in Korean or other languages (Mandarin, Japanese) - Experience as a Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Account Manager, or similar customer-facing technical role - Experience with gamedev focused developer platforms or SDK integrations - Background in developer relations or developer experience - Familiarity with Discord Communities What Success Looks Like In this role, you'll be successful when your team is delivering high-quality integration support, your developers are seeing measurable improvements in player outcomes through Discord's tools, and you're recognized internally as the go-to expert for our most demanding customer engagements. Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $272,000 to $306,000 + equity + 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 US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. Why Discord? Discord 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. 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! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

Product Designer, Notifications

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. We're looking for a Product Designer to join our Notifications squad and help us build the next generation of our notification experience. This is a high-impact role where your work will directly influence how millions of users stay connected to Discord every single day. The Notifications team sits within Growth at Discord. Our mission is simple but challenging: help Discord users stay connected to the conversations and communities they care about, even when they're away. Our Notifications team plays a critical role in that connection — helping users stay engaged with the conversations and communities they care about, even when they're away from Discord. We're evolving Discord's notification experience to be more intelligent, trusted, and effective. This means designing new ways to reach users at relevant moments, building systems that coordinate notification delivery thoughtfully, and giving users meaningful control over their experience. This is a high-velocity team tackling complex problems at the intersection of growth, user experience, and trust. Your work will directly impact how we grow Discord while protecting the experience that makes it special. What You'll Be Doing - Own end-to-end initiatives across the full notification experience — from new notification types to settings redesigns to delivery optimizations across all platforms (iOS, Android, Desktop, Web) - Design with high craft and velocity — creating production-ready specs and high-fidelity prototypes while knowing when to ship vs. polish - Influence scope and strategy in partnership with your PM, engineering lead, and cross-functional teammates, balancing growth velocity with user value - Use data and research to inform decisions, partnering with research and data science teams to validate designs and understand user behavior - Think in systems — considering how notification types, orchestration, and settings work together to create a cohesive experience - Collaborate and communicate effectively — sharing work early and often, telling compelling stories about your design rationale, and building relationships across teams - Drive projects autonomously — managing your own time and deliverables while knowing when to escalate blockers What you should have - 3+ years of product design experience designing consumer-facing digital products — though we're open to strong candidates with 2+ years who demonstrate exceptional craft and potential. - Strong visual design foundation with demonstrated aesthetic taste. You have a high level of skill crafting beautiful interfaces and an eye for creating delight in every product experience — typography, color, hierarchy, and composition are second nature to you. You're comfortable working with design systems. - Solid interaction design skills — you create intuitive flows, understand information architecture, and can design for complex, multi-step experiences. You're comfortable designing systems, not just screens. - High proficiency with Figma and prototyping tools (Protopie, Framer, Principle, etc.) — you use prototypes to communicate your vision, test concepts, and build alignment with stakeholders. - Experience shipping products collaboratively in cross-functional teams with engineering, product management, research, and data science. - Ownership mindset with a bias toward action — you proactively drive projects and decisions forward. You help guide product vision through design explorations, documentation, and presentations. Bonus Points: - Personal use of Discord and passion for gaming or community platforms - Experience designing growth, engagement, or lifecycle marketing products - Understanding of notification systems, push delivery, or messaging platforms - Familiarity with experimentation frameworks and data-driven iteration The US base salary range for this full-time position is $148,000 to $166,500 + equity + 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 US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. Why Discord? Discord 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. 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! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

Engineering Manager, Revenue

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. We’re looking for a highly technical, hands-on, and empathetic Engineering Manager to lead one of our full stack squads in our Revenue organization. This is a high-impact role where you’ll be directly responsible for one of Discord’s major business lines, delivering premium experiences that create real value for users while driving company revenue . You’ll partner closely with Product to define and execute on long-term strategy, leading a full-stack team of engineers working across web, Android, and iOS. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize the most impactful work, guide the technical direction of the team, and jump into the code when needed. Whether you bring a strong background in growth or are an exceptional engineering leader excited about solving user-facing, high-leverage problems, this is a unique opportunity to shape Discord’s future. What you'll do - Collaborate closely with your cross-functional team (Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, 3P Partnerships and UX Research) to drive your team’s vision and roadmap. - Lead a team of engaged full stack engineers by hiring, coaching, and instilling best practices. - Use your technical expertise to make appropriate tradeoffs and ensure your team is designing scalable technical solutions and delivering high-quality products . - Instill a culture that both drives impactful results and delights the end user. - Set a strong pace for the team by fostering a culture of 80/20 thinking, shipping and iterating quickly, and making timely decisions even in ambiguous problem spaces. - Make sound first-principle decisions around resourcing and communicating the rationale clearly to partners and team members. - Partner with your org leader on strategic planning and to improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy. What you should have - You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer - You have 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager - You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems - You take pride in delivering a delightful experience for end users, stakeholders and anyone you work with - You are motivated to help your team members succeed and have experience growing engineers - Code doesn't scare you - you are still an engineer even if you don't do it all the time - You embrace "all problems are my problem." You help your team and cross-functional partners overcome obstacles and resolve blockers so the work keeps moving. Bonus Points - You understand the gaming industry - You have experience working on teams focused on growth, particularly in revenue generation, e-commerce or product monetization - Strong track record of driving measurable impact through experimentation and data driven decision making - Experience with the full lifecycle of consumer products: attracting new users, driving engagement, sustaining retention, and optimizing monetization outcomes - You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available. For this role, there is no formal requirement to work from the office. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248k to $310k + equity + 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 US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. Why Discord? Discord 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. 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! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

Staff Software Engineer - Safety Experience

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. As a Staff Engineer on the Safety Experience team, you'll be a technical leader who autonomously delivers real business impact on large, ambiguous projects. You'll design and build product features and systems that prevent harmful activities at scale while ensuring regulatory compliance. This role requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to be a force multiplier for your team: driving engineering excellence, making solid technical decisions, and remaining a top code contributor. You'll work cross-functionally to shape the technical direction of safety initiatives that protect hundreds of millions of Discord users. This role reports to the Engineering Manager of Safety Experience . What You'll Be Doing - Lead development of high-impact, user-facing safety products that deliver measurable results for Discord's users. - Own complex, multi-milestone projects end-to-end, identifying optimal solutions, navigating ambiguity and making independent technical decisions. - Design, build, and deploy robust production APIs, backend services, and data pipelines that enable safety features to scale efficiently. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Policy, Data Science, ML, Legal, and Trust & Safety Operations to create solutions that are both impactful and lovable. - Drive engineering excellence by mentoring others and guiding the team through architectural challenges to ensure long-term scalability. - Respond rapidly to the ever-evolving abuse and compliance landscape with strategic thinking and swift execution. What you should have - 8+ years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality, high-impact work on complex projects. - Strong expertise in Python and back-end API frameworks (Flask, Django). - Strong front-end development skills with JavaScript (React, TypeScript) for web and mobile platforms. - Significant experience in the Safety or Anti-Abuse domain with deep understanding of trust and safety challenges at scale. - Proven track record of owning large projects end-to-end with varying degrees of ambiguity, breaking down work into well-prioritized milestones with clear dependencies. - Demonstrated ability to make independent technical decisions that balance short-term needs with long-term sustainability and scalability. - Experience driving engineering excellence: setting quality standards, conducting thorough code reviews, and applying an adversarial mindset to identify security, performance, and scaling issues. - Strong communication skills with ability to provide high-quality technical feedback, drive alignment across stakeholders, and facilitate productive debates that lead to clear decisions. - Experience using metrics and dashboards (e.g., Datadog, Mode, Faros) to make data-driven decisions and monitor system health. - Ability to be a force multiplier for your team by mentoring others, establishing best practices, and helping teammates grow their skills. - Experience utilizing AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor to supercharge dev workflows Bonus Points - Familiarity with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, or ScyllaDB. - Experience with real-time streaming systems like Kafka or Pub-Sub. - Track record of building and operating native mobile features on iOS and Android. - Experience designing and implementing monitoring strategies and on-call/on-point processes for production systems. - Knowledge of lower-level languages such as Go, Rust, or Elixir. This position is US-based only. We are seeking candidates located in the Los Angeles area (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, or Ventura Counties) or the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available to the San Francisco Bay Area. This role requires either one week per month in a Los Angeles co-working space, or two days per week at our San Francisco Bay Area office. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $310,000 + equity + 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 US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. Why Discord? Discord 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. 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! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

Staff Software Engineer - Consumer Revenue

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. The Consumer Revenue org sits at the center of how we build a sustainable business around that community. We're looking for a Staff Engineer to join teams working across premium experiences and core user identity, shaping the technical strategy that ties it all together. You'll work across surfaces like Nitro, Shop, Server Boosting, and User Identity to build a premium Discord that delivers real value to subscribers without compromising the core experience for our free users. In this full-stack product engineering role , you'll collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Design, Marketing, and other functions to create best-in-class consumer experiences. Your work will cover the full breadth of the technical stack, from backend data modeling, through business logic in APIs, to polished, user-facing interfaces. You’ll be supported by infrastructure, platform, and product teams on your mission to build the best premium Discord Check out some of our recent launches on Nitro , Shop , Server Boosting , User Identity , and more . To learn more about Discord Engineering, take a look at our engineering blog ! What You'll Be Doing - Accelerate growth of existing revenue streams while laying the foundation for new monetization opportunities across surfaces like Nitro, Shop, Boosting, and User Identity. - Own complex initiatives end to end by partnering with Product to refine requirements, create technical specs, and work closely with Design to execute and deliver best-in-class user experiences. - Collaborate with Staff Engineers and partners across the organization to drive technical alignment across systems, products, and long-term vision. - Advise leadership on critical technical considerations tied to engineering excellence and high-impact initiatives, and partner on strategic planning to improve how we build and operate. - Lead a full-stack engineering work across Web, Android, and iOS, setting the technical bar for your team and helping them achieve it. - Rapidly prototype new features and synthesize insights through experimentation, thriving in ambiguous problem spaces where the right path isn't always obvious. What you should have - 8+ years of software engineering experience. You have a track record of leading large initiatives from inception to launch that have had meaningful impact beyond your immediate team. - Full-stack proficiency. You are an expert in React/React Native with a solid grasp of Python backend development. We work primarily in the web (React, TypeScript), mobile (React Native, with a small amount of Kotlin, Objective-C, and Swift), and backend (Python). - Product sense. You maintain a high degree of empathy for your internal and external users, and seek feedback from them about your work. You have an eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great. - Technical leadership. You help teams move with clarity and purpose, translating ambiguous goals into executable roadmaps and creating the conditions for engineers around you to do their best work. - Ownership mentality. You thrive with autonomy, take initiative to drive projects forward, and are comfortable with ambiguity. - Holistic approach to problem solving. You solve from first principles rather than reaching for the nearest solution. You think about the full system, learn from mistakes, and bring the team along with you. - Performance-focused mindset. You have a solid understanding of React performance and client-server performance optimization, and a commitment to maintaining high-performance standards. - Growth mindset. You view challenges and mistakes as learning opportunities while building upon your successes. You push yourself and those around you to continuously improve. Bonus points: - Growth and monetization experience. You have worked on teams focused on revenue generation, product monetization, or user engagement systems, with a history of attracting new users, driving engagement, sustaining long-term retention, and optimizing monetization outcomes. - Experimentation and data driven decision making. You have a strong track record of driving measurable impact through structured experimentation and letting data guide your conclusions. - Optimization at scale. You have experience identifying and solving bottlenecks in consumer-facing applications with large, active user bases. - Passion for Discord. You use the platform, care about the community, and are motivated by the idea of making Discord better for everyone on it. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248k to $279k + equity + 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 US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. Why Discord? Discord 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. 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! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Revenue

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. We're looking for talented Senior Software Engineers to join our Consumer Revenue squads, the teams at the heart of premium experiences at Discord. You’ll be building out a premium Discord for millions of subscribers, focusing on surfaces such as Nitro, shop, boosting, user identity, and more. Your work will be vital in delivering a high-value premium experience, without compromising the core experience for our free users. You’ll be a key driver in generating the revenue that fuels Discord’s mission. In this product engineering role, you'll collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Design, Marketing, and other functions to create best-in-class consumer experiences. Your work will cover the full breadth of the technical stack, from backend data modeling, through business logic in APIs, to polished, user-facing interfaces. You’ll be supported by infrastructure, platform, and product teams on your mission to build the best premium Discord. Check out some of our recent launches on Nitro , shop , boosting , user identity , and more . To learn more about Discord Engineering, take a look at our engineering blog ! What You'll Be Doing - Build and improve premium Discord experiences such as Nitro, shop, boosting, user identity, and more. - Own projects end to end by partnering with Product to refine requirements, create technical specs, and work closely with Design to execute and deliver best-in-class user experiences. - Work with a team of full-stack engineers to ship new features across Web, Android, and iOS. - Lead complex initiatives from conception to completion, thriving in ambiguous environments. - Rapidly prototype new features and synthesize insights through experimentation. What you should have - 5+ years of software engineering experience. You’re a key technical contributor to your team and have led sizable projects which have had a big impact on your team’s roadmap. - Full-stack proficiency. You are an expert in React/React Native with a solid grasp of Python backend development. We work primarily in the web (React, TypeScript), mobile (React Native, with a small amount of Kotlin, Objective-C, and Swift), and backend (Python). - Product sense. You maintain a high degree of empathy for your internal and external users, and seek feedback from them about your work. You have an eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great. - Ownership mentality. You thrive with autonomy, take initiative to drive projects forward, and are comfortable with ambiguity. - Pragmatic approach. You find incremental approaches to solving complex problems, enjoy rapidly prototyping solutions, value your autonomy and operate with high integrity. - Performance-focused mindset. You have a solid understanding of React performance and client-server performance optimization, and a commitment to maintaining high-performance standards. - Growth mindset. You view challenges and mistakes as learning opportunities while building upon your successes. You push yourself and those around you to continuously improve. Bonus Points - Experience working on teams focused on growth, particularly in revenue generation, product monetization, or user engagement systems - Strong track record of driving measurable impact through experimentation and data-driven decision making - Demonstrated success in attracting new users, driving engagement, sustaining long-term retention, and optimizing consumer-facing features - Experience with performance optimization at scale, particularly for consumer-facing applications - Interest or passion for the Discord platform The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,000 + equity + 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 US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available. For this role, there is no formal requirement to work from the office. Why Discord? Discord 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. 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! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Player Experience

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games. People come to Discord before, during, and after gaming, and we want to make that experience even better. Working directly with our developer partners and communities, we are building brand new ways for users on Discord to connect, engage and have a great time while gaming. We believe that gaming is better when playing with friends, and aim to provide the features and tooling for developers to help us enrich those experiences. This is also reflected in how we work! Our engineering culture values collaboration and building great teams. Come and join us! What You'll Be Doing - Design, build, and maintain features that help users connect and make friends through gaming on our platform, across desktop and mobile. - Engage with developers, game studios and other partners to find opportunities and address challenges towards providing a more rich experience for players while gaming and engaging with online communities. - Collaborate with Engineers, Designers, Product Owners, and Data Scientists to build engaging, fun, and trusted experiences, while experimenting and iterating on ideas that enhance user interactions. - Partner with our Content, Marketing and ML teams to improve ranking and discovery systems, enabling users to find meaningful connections and relevant content. - Build innovative features that help users discover new friendships and deepen existing ones, creating a trusted and welcoming environment. What you should have - You have 5+ years of experience as a software engineer. - You have experience with React/TS, Python or other modern programming languages. - You have a track-record of shipping incremental + delightful features that improve the overall user experience. - You are comfortable switching between different technical stacks and learning new ones. - You enjoy collaborating with product, design and other stakeholders. We don’t operate in silos, and you’ll be working closely with cross-functional peers. You should be able to express opinions and stay aligned. - You take a holistic approach to problem solving. You believe in solving a problem from first principles rather than simply shipping a solution. You learn from your mistakes and work through obstacles with the rest of the team. - You have experience leading projects, gathering requirements, supporting partners and mentoring others. You believe in ‘lead by example’ with regards to ownership, autonomy, quality and impact, and no problem is “not my problem”. - You are a Discord user and want to make the product better! Bonus Points - Experience working on a mobile native stack (iOS / Obj-C / Swift), Android (Java, Kotlin) - Experience working on developer platform or tooling The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + equity + 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 US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. Why Discord? Discord 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. 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! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.