Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Discord's Core Product team as a Staff Engineer and build delightful features across the full stack (React, Python, Elixir) to enhance Discord's core value proposition. You will lead the creation of new features, improve existing ones, and contribute to the success of the product on web and mobile platforms. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience building user-centric applications, expertise in React, a strong UX sensibility, and excellent communication skills. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and a deep understanding of Discord. The position is US-based and remote-friendly, offering a competitive salary, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• 8+ years of development building rich, user-centric applications (web and mobile)
• Expertise in React: You have built complex applications, and understand React’s ecosystem/libraries deeply
• Strong UX sensibility: You have an eye for detail and have implemented polished interfaces and animations (bonus if you’ve used libraries like Reanimated)
• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Fearlessness navigating technical stacks and contributing wherever the need arises
• A deep understanding of Discord , we’re looking for people who are highly active users and understand the product well

Responsibilities

• Building delightful products with a very high bar for quality, performance, and a focus on impact
• Working with Product, Design, Data Science, UX Research, and Marketing to shape the team’s vision and roadmap
• Helping find the right solutions that balance delight, speed of delivery and impact by collaborating with design and product partners
• Impact focused – you thrive on delivering user value and driving company metrics
• A strong ownership and growth mindset – you believe in owning outcomes and reflecting on every project to learn how you can improve

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with React Native and/or mobile development
• Design Systems Experience: Proven track record of building or maintaining a design system or reusable UI component library at scale. You understand design tokens, theming, and how to create components that are flexible and extensible
• Passion for Discord or online communities

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Equity