Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Discord, a leading platform connecting over 200 million gamers monthly, as a Staff Engineer. This US-based role focuses on scaling our technology and revenue-driving products, including Nitro, Shop, and Server revenue streams. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Data Science, Design, and Marketing) to build and launch new revenue initiatives. The position requires significant experience in software engineering and leadership, with a strong understanding of various development platforms. You will play a key role in shaping our technical roadmap and advising leadership on engineering excellence. This is a high-impact role contributing directly to Discord's multi-billion dollar revenue vision.

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry experience as a software engineer
• Have a solid understanding of the development frameworks and fundamentals of one or more of our platforms: web (React, TypeScript), Android (React Native, Kotlin), iOS (React Native, Objective-C, Swift), and backend (Python and some Elixir)
• Have experience leading large initiatives from inception to launch
• Have experience building and shipping product features. Especially features for products at large scale or in real-time applications
• Have a sense for product and design. Be able to express opinions and collaborate to make something great
• Take a holistic approach to problem solving. Believe in solving a problem from first principles rather than simply shipping a solution. Learn from your mistakes and work through obstacles with the rest of the team

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership and senior engineers on the team to build the technical roadmap for the Consumer Revenue team encompassing Nitro, Shop, and Server revenue streams
• Focus on accelerating growth of existing revenue streams while laying the foundation for the development of new revenue streams and monetization opportunities
• Collaborate with staff engineers and partners across the organization to ensure technical agreement to other systems, products and vision
• Use your technical expertise to constantly improve and ensure your team achieves extraordinary results at the high technical level we set
• Partner with Product, Design, Marketing, Partnerships, and Customer Success to ship new initiatives that unlock revenue streams
• Advise the leadership team on essential technical considerations related to ensuring engineering excellence and successful high impact key initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

Experience collaborating closely with cross-functional peers (product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers)

Benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $223,000 - $245,500 + equity + benefits