Staff Software Engineer, Discord
Social Gaming
$223-245k
+ Equity
Voice, video and text communication platform
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Voice, video and text communication platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$223-245k
+ 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 several years experience with Python, Rust, or React
- You have 8-10 years experience as a software engineer
- You have at least 2 years experience with C++. It’s ok if this is rusty
- You have a sense for product and design. We don’t operate in silos, and you’ll be collaborating closely with cross-functional peers. You should be able to express opinions and collaborate to make something great
- You take a holistic approach to problem solving. You believe in solving a problem from first principles rather than simply shipping a solution. You learn from your mistakes and work through obstacles with the rest of the team
What the job involves
- Design and build out core features for our audience of game developers
- This could include anything from our C++ SDKs, our APIs, realtime infrastructure, and modeling stuff out for data systems. Whatever it takes to get the important thing done
- Work with the Engineering Manager and other Senior and Staff Engineers to foster a strong culture of software engineering. Great engineering teams are always finding new ways to iterate and improve
- Use your attention to detail to continually raise the quality bar of the software we write
- Pair with the other engineers on your team to write, review, and ship elegant and scalable code. Take pride in the fact that your code will be used by millions and millions of people!
- Collaborate with our game developer partners to better understand their needs in order to improve our tools.
- This could mean hopping into partner meetings as a technical expert, answering questions in channels, and listening to their feedback to improve our product
- Work with product managers, designers, and product marketers to cut through ambiguity and find the way forward
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.
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Insights
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 values
- Autonomy
- Mastery
- Purpose
- Compassion
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Articles
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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