Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Discord's Growth team as a Senior Software Engineer and help build features and systems that enhance user value and expand our community. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Data Science, and Design, to create exceptional user experiences. You will own projects end-to-end, from refining requirements with Product to executing projects. Work on our product surfaces across Web, Android, iOS, and beyond. Develop a deep understanding of our users and build experiences that acquire, activate, and retain them. Contribute to a fast-paced team by rapidly prototyping new features and developing principled learnings through experimentation. This US-based role reports to the Senior Engineering Manager of Discovery.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience. We primarily work in the web (React, TypeScript), Android (React Native, Kotlin), iOS (React Native, Objective-C, Swift), and backend (Python and some Elixir)
• A growth mindset . You view challenges and mistakes as learning opportunities while building upon your successes. You push yourself and those around you to continuously improve
• Product sense . 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
• A love for experimentation . You get excited when numbers move by 1%

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leads and senior engineers on the team to drive projects on our Growth team
• Own projects end to end — you’ll be responsible for working with Product to refine requirements, create technical specs, and projects execute end-to-end
• Work with other full-stack engineers on your team to build new features and expand existing capabilities. You will work on our product surfaces across Web, Android, iOS, and beyond
• Develop a deep understanding of our users, and work with cross-functional partners to build experiences that acquire, activate, and retain users
• Work closely with design to deliver best-in-class user experiences
• Contribute to a fast-paced product engineering team by rapidly prototyping new features and developing principled learnings through experimentation

Benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 - $220,500 + equity + benefits