Senior Software Engineer - Growth & Onboarding (Equity)

Hitmarker | Gaming Jobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Growth team to influence how new users discover, understand, and get started with the platform. You’ll own end-to-end initiatives across the stack, collaborating with Product, Design, and Data Science to drive activation at scale.

The role emphasizes building high-performance frontend experiences with TypeScript/React, alongside Python-based backend work and rigorous A/B testing to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in TypeScript and React with a track record of delivering high-performance frontend experiences.
• Practical experience with Python and backend frameworks such as Flask.
• Experience designing and running A/B tests with a focus on data-driven decision making.
• Comfort working across the full stack and taking ownership of projects end to end.
• A habit of asking why before asking how — and the judgment to know when good enough ships and when it doesn't.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize user-facing experiences that improve how people discover, understand, and get started with Discord
• Develop scalable backend systems that serve dynamic, high-performance content at scale
• Work across the full stack — frontend (TypeScript, React) and backend (Python)
• Design and run A/B experiments to measure the impact of your work on user acquisition and activation
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to identify high-impact growth opportunities and iterate quickly
• Maintain performance and reliability standards for user-facing properties
• Write code that's readable, reviewable, and built with the next engineer in mind

Skills

TypeScript

React

Python

A/B testing

Full stack ownership

Tools

Flask

Job description

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Growth team to influence how new users discover, understand, and get started with the platform. You’ll own end-to-end initiatives across the stack, collaborating with Product, Design, and Data Science to drive activation at scale.

The role emphasizes building high-performance frontend experiences with TypeScript/React, alongside Python-based backend work and rigorous A/B testing to inform decisions.