Discord

Overview

We're looking for a Staff Engineer to join teams working across premium experiences and core user identity, shaping the technical strategy that ties it all together. You'll work across surfaces like Nitro, Shop, Server Boosting, and User Identity to build a premium Discord that delivers real value to subscribers without compromising the core experience for our free users.

About Discord

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 a

Requirements & Eligibility

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Full-stack proficiency in React/React Native with a solid grasp of Python backend development.
• Product sense and empathy for internal and external users.
• Technical leadership to translate ambiguous goals into executable roadmaps.
• Ownership mentality and comfort with ambiguity.
• Holistic approach to problem solving from first principles.
• Performance-focused mindset with an understanding of React performance and client-server performance optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Accelerate growth of existing revenue streams while laying the foundation for new monetization opportunities across surfaces like Nitro, Shop, Boosting, and User Identity.
• Own complex initiatives 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.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers and partners across the organization to drive technical alignment across systems, products, and long-term vision.
• Advise leadership on critical technical considerations tied to engineering excellence and high-impact initiatives, and partner on strategic planning to improve how we build and operate.
• Lead a full-stack engineering work across Web, Android, and iOS, setting the technical bar for your team and helping them achieve it.
• Rapidly prototype new features and synthesize insights through experimentation, thriving in ambiguous problem spaces.