Senior Engineering Manager, Nitro

Discord; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 304,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Consumer Revenue team in San Francisco. You will build and scale the Nitro product, leading engineers across platforms to deliver revenue-driving features and services.

You will hire, coach, and shape an engineering culture that values ownership, collaboration, and data-informed decisions, while navigating ambiguity and aligning with business goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross‑functionally.
• Motivated to help team members succeed with engineers of multiple levels.
• Approach problems from first principles.
• Comfort with ambiguity and collaborative problem solving.
• Strong product sense and customer understanding.
• Use experiments to make data-informed decisions and value small improvements.
• Code not scary; still an engineer at heart when needed.

Responsibilities

• Build highly‑engaged teams by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact in your engineers.
• Work cross‑functionally with Finance, Customer Experience, Product, Design and Marketing to define your team’s vision and roadmap by understanding customer and business needs.
• Use your technical expertise to raise the bar and deliver extraordinary results at a high technical level.
• Develop insights into issues slowing down the team and implement processes to enable goal delivery.
• Mentor and guide engineers’ careers through coaching and opportunities that support their technical growth.
• Make sound decisions around resourcing and communicate rationale to partners and team members.
• Partner with Revenue leadership on strategic planning and continuously improve the Engineering organization while upholding workplace philosophy.

Skills

Cross-functional communication

People management

Mentoring engineers

Strategic thinking

First principles problem solving

Data-driven decision making

Technical proficiency

Industry trend awareness

Job description

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’re looking for a technical, hands‑on, and mission‑focused Senior Engineering Manager to join our Consumer Revenue team. You’ll be responsible for building and scaling our Nitro product and organization. You will lead a team of engineers working across platforms to build revenue driving products and services at Discord.

What you'll be doing

• Build highly‑engaged teams by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact in your engineers.
• Work cross‑functionally with our Finance, Customer Experience, Product, Design and Marketing teams to define your team’s vision and roadmap by thoroughly understanding the customer and business needs.
• Use your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at the high technical level we set.
• Develop insights into issues slowing down the team and use it to develop processes that enable the team to deliver its goals.
• Mentor and guide the careers of the engineers through coaching and finding opportunities that support their technical skillset and goals.
• Make sound decisions around resourcing, and make the rationale clear to partners and team members.
• Partner with Revenue leadership on strategic planning and continuously improve the Engineering organization while upholding our workplace philosophy.

Who you are

• You have 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
• You have strong communication skills and the ability to work well cross‑functionally.
• You are motivated to help your team members succeed and have experience developing engineers of multiple levels.
• You approach problems from first principles.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and get excited about working collaboratively to figure out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on them.
• You have a strong product sense and take pride in understanding your customers.
• You use experiments to make data informed decisions and are excited when numbers move by 1%.
• Code does not scare you, you are still an engineer even if you don't do it all the time.
• You keep up with the industry trends and can assess new technologies that can help us better solve problems.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $304,000 - $380,000 + 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, 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! Your future is just a click away!

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