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About the Role

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!

Responsibilities

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 for a richer player experience while gaming and engaging with online communities.
Collaborate with Engineers, Designers, Product Owners, and Data Scientists to build engaging, fun, and trusted experiences, experimenting and iterating on ideas that enhance user interactions.
Partner with 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.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
Experience with React/TS, Python, or other modern programming languages.
Track record of shipping incremental and delightful features that improve the overall user experience.
Comfortable switching between different technical stacks and learning new ones.
Enjoy collaborating with product, design, and other stakeholders.
Ability to express opinions and maintain alignment with cross-functional peers.
Take a holistic approach to problem-solving, focusing on first principles.
Learn from mistakes and overcome obstacles collaboratively with the team.
Experience leading projects, gathering requirements, supporting partners, and mentoring others.
Demonstrate leadership by example in ownership, autonomy, quality, and impact.
Be a Discord user with a desire to improve the product.

Skills

React/TS
Python
iOS
Obj-C
Swift
Android
Java
Kotlin
Developer platform
Tooling

Work Type

full-time

Experience Level

5+ years of experience as a software engineer

Salary/Compensations

$196,000 to $220,500 + equity + benefits

About the Company

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming.
A multiplatform, multigenerational, and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen friendships around games and shared interests.
Believes games provide a way to have fun with favorite people, whether listening to music or engaging in competitive matches.

Equal Opportunity

Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
If in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.