Remote Engineering Manager — Notifications Platform

Bazeta; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 248,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking a technical, hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the Notifications team within Growth. You will manage a team of full-stack engineers building the notifications platform — Elixir services, Python backends, pubsub pipelines, and the Kubernetes infrastructure underneath them — and ensure reliable, scalable operation serving hundreds of millions of users.

You will partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Marketing to define and execute the notifications roadmap, using

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer building backend/infrastructure at scale.
• 2+ years of experience as Engineering Manager.
• Comfort with Elixir, Python, pubsub/streaming pipelines, and Kubernetes.
• Experience collaborating with Product, Design, Data Science, and Marketing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of full-stack engineers building and operating the notifications platform.
• Set technical direction for notifications infrastructure to scale reliably.
• Partner with product, design, data science, and marketing to define the roadmap.
• Drive improvements in engagement, retention, and user trust through metrics and experiments.
• Foster a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, and best practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Elixir

Python

Kubernetes

PubSub pipelines

Job description

Discord is seeking a technical, hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the Notifications team within Growth. You will manage a team of full-stack engineers building the notifications platform — Elixir services, Python backends, pubsub pipelines, and the Kubernetes infrastructure underneath them — and ensure reliable, scalable operation serving hundreds of millions of users.

You will partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Marketing to define and execute the notifications roadmap, using