Discord

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Game Records

Discord$196K — $220K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a fullstack software engineer.
  • Proficient in React/TS, Python, or comparable modern programming languages.
  • Able to switch between various technical stacks and eager to learn new ones.
  • Enjoys cross-functional collaboration across product, design, and other teams.
  • Takes a holistic, first-principles approach to problem-solving.
  • Experience leading projects, supporting partners, and mentoring others.
  • Proven track record of delivering incremental features that enhance user experience.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with developers, game studios, and partners to enhance player experiences in gaming communities.
  • Collaborate with teams to design and maintain user connection features across platforms.
  • Expand and protect the game's metadata collection to support Discord's gaming features.
  • Work with content, marketing, and machine learning teams to improve content discovery systems.
  • Collaborate with engineers and designers to create engaging user experiences through iterative experimentation.

Benefits

  • Equity opportunities.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
Full Job Description
Game Records are the core of our gaming conversation. It is the fuel that drives the most popular gaming features on Discord, and allows us to unlock new experiences for users and opportunities for game developers. The Game Records team is directly responsible for "source of truth" systems that drive detection and safeguard metadata for hundreds of thousands of games. This puts our team in a position to consult and participate in some of the biggest features, partnerships and game-related launches at Discord. Our engineering culture values collaboration, and this is exactly how this team works. Come and join us!

What You'll Be Doing
  • Engage with developers, game studios and other partners to find opportunities and address challenges towards providing a more rich experience for players while gaming and engaging with online communities.
  • Partner with other internal teams to design, build, and maintain features that help users connect and make friends through gaming on our platform, across desktop and mobile.
  • Expand and safeguard our growing collection of games and game-related metadata, that helps drive nearly every gaming-related feature on our platform.
  • Partner with our Content, Marketing and ML teams to improve ranking and discovery systems, enabling users to find meaningful connections and relevant content.
  • Collaborate with Engineers, Designers, Product Owners, and Data Scientists to build engaging, fun, and trusted experiences, while experimenting and iterating on ideas that enhance user interactions.

What You Should Have
  • You have 5+ years of experience as a fullstack software engineer.
  • You have experience with React/TS, Python or other modern programming languages.
  • You are comfortable switching between different technical stacks and learning new ones.
  • You enjoy collaborating with product, design and other stakeholders. We don't operate in silos, and you'll be working closely with other teams and cross-functional peers. You should be able to express opinions and stay aligned.
  • 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.
  • You have experience leading projects, gathering requirements, supporting partners and mentoring others. You believe in 'lead by example' with regards to ownership, autonomy, quality and impact, and no problem is "not my problem".
  • You have a track-record of shipping incremental + delightful features that improve the overall experience.
  • You are a Discord user and want to make the product better!

Bonus Points
  • Strong passion for gaming
  • Games industry experience (Game Studio / Developer / DevOps)
  • Experience working on developer platform or tooling
  • Experience working on a mobile native stack (iOS / Obj-C / Swift), Android (Java, Kotlin)

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + 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.
Learn more about Discord
Size
800 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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