Experience leading teams that own shared platforms or primitives consumed by other engineering teams
Experience shipping push notifications or other re-engagement systems at consumer scale, including familiarity with deliverability, throttling, and policy considerations
Full-stack experience across both frontend and backend development
Strong track record of driving measurable impact through experimentation and data-driven decision making
Demonstrated success driving engagement and long-term retention through messaging or re-engagement surfaces
You understand the gaming industry
You're a Discord user and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications
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!
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with significant time building and operating backend or infrastructure systems at scale
2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
Comfort owning production systems built on technologies like Elixir, Python, pubsub/streaming pipelines, and Kubernetes, with strong intuition for reliability, throughput, and cost at scale
Experience collaborating closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define and ship solutions
A track record of growing engineers and helping team members succeed
Strong ownership mindset — you stay close to the technical decisions your team makes and can discuss them in depth with anyone at Discord
Ability to drive a culture of 80/20 thinking, fast iteration, and high-quality delivery