Senior Software Engineer - Audio/Video

Join our journey to create the best cross-platform application for messaging and real-time interactions! The Audio & Video engineering team at Discord owns the technology and end to experience of our audio/video features across desktop and mobile. The team’s mission is to give our users the utmost confidence that our voice, video, and client experience is outstanding.

You Will:

• Develop core libraries and infrastructure supporting high-quality, low latency communications between hundreds of millions of users
• Develop all aspects of Discord desktop clients (Windows, macOs, Linux) from installation and updating to deep game integration and overlay technologies
• Develop new audio and video features across desktop, iOS, and Android platforms
• Continuously improve video quality end to end
• Fix performance issues and bugs by root causing real-world end-user audio/video issues
• Architect elegant and maintainable code with a focus on autonomy and support from the team

You Have:

• 4+ years experience working on large, cross-platform software projects
• Comfort with coding in Rust and/or C++
• Intimate knowledge of VoIP systems, Windows internals, or mobile native development
• Keen focus on code readability, testability, and incremental refactoring

Bonus Points:

• Experience working on / contributing to Chromium, Electron, NodeJS, or WebRTC
• Experience working with common audio/video codecs such as Opus, VP8, H.264, etc
• Experience with GN / Ninja
• Experience with more esoteric corners of Win32

Benefits and Perks

• Medical insurance including Health, Dental, Vision
• 13 paid holidays
• Parental Leave and fertility benefits
• Transgender benefits
• Supported-employee clubs and Employee Resource Groups
• Commuter Contributions of $270 a month (pretax)
• Daily lunches and unlimited snacks
• Monthly gym and fitness stipend