Engineering Manager, Discord
Consumer Revenue
$248-279k
+ Equity
Voice, video and text communication platform
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Voice, video and text communication platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$248-279k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Discord's mission is to help friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests.
Role
Who you are
- You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
- You have 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
- You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems
- You take pride in delivering a delightful experience for end users, stakeholders and anyone you work with
- You are motivated to help your team members succeed and have experience growing engineers
- Code doesn't scare you - you are still an engineer even if you don't do it all the time
What the job involves
- This position is US based only
- We’re looking for a highly technical, hands-on, and empathetic Engineering Manager to lead our Nitro Growth team within the Consumer Revenue organization
- Nitro is the best version of Discord—it’s packed with fun and expressive features for people who love showing up in creative ways
- The Nitro Growth team focuses on helping users understand the value of Nitro, optimizing how it’s surfaced across Discord, and building new levers for growth and acquisition
- This is a high-impact role where you’ll be directly responsible for one of Discord’s major business lines and play a key part in driving company revenue
- Collaborate closely with your cross-functional team (Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, 3P Partnerships and UX Research) to drive your team’s vision and roadmap
- Lead a team of engaged full stack engineers by hiring, coaching, and instilling best practices
- Use your technical expertise to make appropriate tradeoffs and ensure your team is designing scalable technical solutions and delivering high-quality products
- Instill a culture that both drives impactful results and delights the end user
- Make sound first-principle decisions around resourcing and communicating the rationale clearly to partners and team members
- Partner with your org leader on strategic planning and to improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy
Our take
Discord is an industry giant in the chat app space. The free platform has rapidly become one of the most popular services in the sector since being founded in 2015. It counts over 150 million active users in 19 million communities, successfully expanding beyond its original focus on video game players to become a broader social networking app and public forum.
Discord's userbase has grown rapidly as remote work has become the norm and a new generation of internet users has come online, attracted to its youthful presentation and plethora of gaming and social tools. It has since fended off takeover bids from Microsoft and interest from other giants such as Amazon and Twitter, and has grown into a profitable company, funded by optional subscription fees and commissions from sales through the platform.
Discord’s remarkable growth, however, is not without obstacles. The company faces competition from deep-pocketed giants like Facebook, and regulatory concerns from those worried about the platform’s relatively light chat moderation. However, the company has the resources and expertise to adapt. For example, the acquisition of harassment detection software company Sentropy will go a long way towards placating the concerns of critics, as will the 2024 acquisition of teen app Gas used to give anonymous compliments to friends. All of these purchases are part of Discord's move to expand out of its mostly gaming-focused customer base.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Sep 2021
$500m
SERIES H
Dec 2020
$100m
SERIES H
Total funding: $979.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision
- 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
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jason Citron
(CEO)Started out as a programmer at Papaya Studio, Stormfront Studios and Doublefine Productions. Also founded OpenFeint, a global mobile social gaming company.
Worked as a Software Engineer at Casamba and then Kabam. Was Lead Software Engineer at GREE International, and founded social network Guildwork.com in 2009.
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