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Staff Software Engineer - Communities

Discord

San Francisco, CA or Remote (U.S.)

2 years ago

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Communities play a huge part in Discord's mission. Millions of people come to Discord every day to hang out in communities for all kinds of interests, from servers where thousands of Harry Potter fans connect and geek out, to servers where students practice speaking new languages with native speakers halfway across the world.

At the heart of communities are the admins and moderators who build and run them. The Online Communities Group at Discord is responsible for empowering these creators to build thriving spaces that many people call their second home. We believe helping creators succeed is important to creating more healthy communities.

Discord is looking for a technical, creative, hands-on, and mission-focused Staff Engineer to guide the technical direction of our Communities Product. You willbuildoutexciting features used by millions of communities across Discord, and setting the technical vision for Communities on Discord

What you'll do

Collaborate with leadership and senior engineers on the team to build technical roadmap for Communities on Discord.
Solve extreme scale problems across the stack throughout the whole Discord system.
Use your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar and empower the team to deliver extraordinary results at the high technical level we set.
Mentor the careers of the engineers through coaching and finding opportunities that support their technical skillset and goals.
Make sound decisions around resourcing, and make the rationale clear to partners and team members.

What we look for

You have 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
You have product sense, maintain a high degree of empathy for your internal and external users and seek feedback from them about your work
You approach problems with first principles. You get excited about working collaboratively to figure out solutions to complex problems, and then working on them.

New York City residents only: Minimum salary of $214,000/year + equity and benefits*Note: Disclosure as required by NYC Pay Transparency LawColorado residents only: Minimum salary of $171,200/year + equity and benefits*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20).

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Benefits and Perks

Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days
Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
Volunteer time off
A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups
Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees

About Us

Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.

We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!

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