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About the Role
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 talented Senior Software Engineers to join our Consumer Revenue squads, the teams at the heart of premium experiences at Discord. You’ll be building out a premium Discord for millions of subscribers, focusing on surfaces such as Nitro, shop, boosting, user identity, and more. Your work will be vital in delivering a high-value premium experience, without compromising the core experience for our free users. You’ll be a key driver in generating the revenue that fuels Discord’s mission.
In this product engineering role, you'll collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Design, Marketing, and other functions to create best-in-class consumer experiences. Your work will cover the full breadth of the technical stack, from backend data modeling, through business logic in APIs, to polished, user-facing interfaces. You’ll be supported by infrastructure, platform, and product teams on your mission to build the best premium Discord.
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.
Key Technical Responsibilities
- check_circle Build and improve premium Discord experiences such as Nitro, shop, boosting, user identity, and more.
- check_circle Own projects end to end by partnering with Product to refine requirements, create technical specs, and work closely with Design to execute and deliver best-in-class user experiences.
- check_circle Work with a team of full-stack engineers to ship new features across Web, Android, and iOS.
- check_circle Lead complex initiatives from conception to completion, thriving in ambiguous environments.
- check_circle Rapidly prototype new features and synthesize insights through experimentation.
Prerequisites & Qualifications
- check 5+ years of software engineering experience as a key technical contributor leading sizable projects.
- check Full-stack proficiency with expertise in React/React Native and a solid grasp of Python backend development.
- check Product sense with a high degree of empathy for internal and external users.
- check Ownership mentality to thrive with autonomy, take initiative, and navigate ambiguity.
- check Pragmatic approach to finding incremental solutions and rapidly prototyping.
- check Performance-focused mindset with an understanding of React and client-server performance optimization.
- check Growth mindset to view challenges as learning opportunities and continuously improve.
About Discord Greenhouse Board
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Discord is a voice, video, and text communication service used by tens of millions of people to talk and hang out with their communities and friends. Operating primarily out of the San Francisco Bay Area, Discord's engineering and product teams build real-time, low-latency communication infrastructure designed to support massive scale, gaming communities, and diverse social spaces.