Discord
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Game Records
San Francisco Bay Area · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month.
- Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming.
- Game Records are the core of our gaming conversation.
Responsibilities
- Engage with developers, game studios and other partners to find opportunities and address challenges towards providing a more rich experience for players while gaming and engaging with online communities.
- Partner with other internal teams to design, build, and maintain features that help users connect and make friends through gaming on our platform, across desktop and mobile.
- Expand and safeguard our growing collection of games and game-related metadata, that helps drive nearly every gaming-related feature on our platform.
- Partner with our Content, Marketing and ML teams to improve ranking and discovery systems, enabling users to find meaningful connections and relevant content.
- Collaborate with Engineers, Designers, Product Owners, and Data Scientists to build engaging, fun, and trusted experiences, while experimenting and iterating on ideas that enhance user interactions.
- You enjoy collaborating with product, design and other stakeholders.
- You have experience leading projects, gathering requirements, supporting partners and mentoring others.
- You believe in 'lead by example' with regards to ownership, autonomy, quality and impact, and no problem is "not my problem".
Requirements
- You have 5+ years of experience as a fullstack software engineer.
- You have experience with React/TS, Python or other modern programming languages.
- You have a track-record of shipping incremental + delightful features that improve the overall experience.
- You are a Discord user and want to make the product better!
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + equity + benefits.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Benefits
- You are comfortable switching between different technical stacks and learning new ones.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Company info
- 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 are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.
- 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.
- Join us in our mission!
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