Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
Experience in developing engineers at various levels
Ability to approach problems from first principles
Comfortable with ambiguity and complex problem-solving
Strong product sense with a focus on customer understanding
Data-driven decision-making using experiments
Technical background with coding experience
Responsibilities
Build and scale highly-engaged engineering teams
Collaborate with Finance, Customer Experience, Product, Design, and Marketing teams to define vision and roadmap
Raise technical standards and ensure high-quality results from the team
Identify and resolve issues that hinder team performance
Mentor engineers and support their career development
Make informed decisions on resource allocation and communicate rationale
Partner with Revenue leadership for strategic planning and continuous improvement
Benefits
Equity options
Comprehensive benefits package
Opportunities for professional development
Collaborative and innovative work environment
Focus on employee well-being and workplace philosophy
Full Job Description
We're looking for a technical, hands-on, and mission-focused Senior Engineering Manager to join our Consumer Revenue team. You'll be responsible for building and scaling our Nitro product and organization. You will lead a team of engineers working across platforms to build revenue driving products and services at Discord. What you'll be doing
Build highly-engaged teams by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact in your engineers.
Work cross-functionally with our Finance, Customer Experience, Product, Design and Marketing teams to define your team's vision and roadmap by thoroughly understanding the customer and business needs.
Use your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at the high technical level we set.
Develop insights into issues slowing down the team and use it to develop processes that enable the team to deliver its goals.
Mentor and guide 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.
Partner with Revenue leadership on strategic planning and continuously improve the Engineering organization while upholding our workplace philosophy.
Who you are
You have 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
You have strong communication skills and the ability to work well cross-functionally.
You are motivated to help your team members succeed and have experience developing engineers of multiple levels.
You approach problems from first principles.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and get excited about working collaboratively to figure out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on them.
You have a strong product sense and take pride in understanding your customers.
You use experiments to make data informed decisions and are excited when numbers move by 1%.
Code does not scare you, you are still an engineer even if you don't do it all the time.
You keep up with the industry trends and can assess new technologies that can help us better solve problems.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $304,000 - $380,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
About Discord
Discord is a communication platform designed for creating communities. The platform allows users to create and join servers, which are essentially chat rooms, and communicate with other users via text, voice, and video. Discord was founded in 2015 and has grown rapidly, with over 250 million registered users as of 2019. The company has raised $480 million in total funding.
