Discord
Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Revenue
San Francisco Bay Area · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- Your work will be vital in delivering a high-value premium experience, without compromising the core experience for our free users.
- 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.
- What you should have - 5+ years of software engineering experience.
Responsibilities
- Build and improve premium Discord experiences such as Nitro, shop, boosting, user identity, and more.
- 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.
- Lead complex initiatives from conception to completion, thriving in ambiguous environments.
- Ownership mentality. You thrive with autonomy, take initiative to drive projects forward, and are comfortable with ambiguity.
- You thrive with autonomy, take initiative to drive projects forward, and are comfortable with ambiguity.
Requirements
- You maintain a high degree of empathy for your internal and external users, and seek feedback from them about your work.
- You have an eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great.
- Experience with performance optimization at scale, particularly for consumer-facing applications
- Full-stack proficiency.
- You are an expert in React/React Native with a solid grasp of Python backend development.
- You have a solid understanding of React performance and client-server performance optimization, and a commitment to maintaining high-performance standards.
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $245,000 + 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 view challenges and mistakes as learning opportunities while building upon your successes.
- 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're looking for talented Senior Software Engineers to join our Consumer Revenue squads, the teams at the heart of premium experiences at Discord.
- 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.
This listing is sourced directly from Discord's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.