Discord
Senior Software Engineer, Growth
San Francisco Bay Area · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- This is a high-impact role where you'll directly influence how Discord grows.
- This person will report to the Senior Engineering Manager for Growth.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
Responsibilities
- Build and optimize user-facing experiences that improve how people discover, understand, and get started with Discord
- Develop scalable backend systems that serve dynamic, high-performance content at scale
- Work across the full stack - frontend (TypeScript, React) and backend (Python) - wherever the problem leads
- Design and run A/B experiments to measure the impact of your work on user acquisition and activation
- Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to identify high-impact growth opportunities and iterate quickly
- Maintain performance and reliability standards for user-facing
- Experience building SEO infrastructure, or interest in how LLMs and search engines index and surface web content
Requirements
- Practical experience with Python and backend frameworks such as Flask
- We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,000 + 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
- 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 a Senior Software Engineer to join the Growth team 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.
- Join us in our mission!
This listing is sourced directly from Discord's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.