Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Engagement

Discord; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 245,000; Full time

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Job summary

Discord is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer for the Engagement team to shape features across web and mobile, delivering high-quality experiences for gaming communities.

You will work across the stack with product, design, data science, UX research and marketing to define roadmaps and ship impactful improvements that delight users and scale with the community.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Specialized in building consumer-facing products on web and mobile.
• Domain expertise in web or mobile front-end (or both).
• Willing to learn new languages/frameworks and work across the full stack.
• Experience in a product team with clear metrics and measurable impact on customers.
• Strong product sense and attention to UX details.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to mentor teammates.

Responsibilities

• Build delightful products with high quality, performance and impact.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science, UX Research and Marketing to shape the roadmap.
• Balance user delight with speed of delivery by partnering with design and product teams.

Skills

5+ years experience

Consumer-facing

Web front-end

Mobile front-end

Full-stack

Job description

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Engagement

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 about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives. We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about. We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world. Original, reliable, playful, and relatable. These are the values that connect our users and our employees at Discord.

We're looking for a highly motivated, mission-focused Senior Engineer to join our Engagement team. Engagement is responsible for improving the core value of Discord, including chatting, hanging out with friends, and expressing yourself. We work on improving core features like messaging, voice chat, user profiles, and app navigation. You will work across the full stack to build delightful and impactful features that are focused on making Discord the best place to play games and hangout with your friends online.

We’re looking for engineers that have strong product sense and are fearless in jumping between technical stacks. You’ll be working with highly experienced engineering peers and cross functional partners.

What You'll Be Doing

• Building delightful products with a very high bar for quality, performance, and a focus on impact
• Working with Product, Design, Data Science, UX Research, and Marketing to shape the team’s vision and roadmap
• Helping find the right solutions that balance delight, speed of delivery, and impact by collaborating with design and product partners

You Will Thrive In This Role If

• You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• You have specialized in building consumer-facing products on web and mobile platforms
• You have developed domain expertise in either web or mobile front-end (or both)
• You are eager to learn new languages and frameworks, and are comfortable working across the full stack when needed
• You have worked in a product team with clear metrics goals and had a measurable positive impact on customers
• You have a strong product sense and take pride in sweating the details of great UX
• You are motivated to help your team members succeed and grow and learn from each other through empathetic feedback

Bonus Points

• You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications
• You’ve worked on React Native products

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $245,000 + 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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