Staff Software Engineer - San Francisco, United States - Discord

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    Description

    Discord is looking for a technical, creative, motivated and mission-focused Staff Engineer to help scale our technology and premium products. You will work with teams across the Premium Products organization such as Engineering, Product, Data Science, Design, Marketing, and Customer Success to build fun, creative, and premium ways for users to express themselves while talking and hanging out on Discord.


    Our mission is to empower our users to express themselves authentically through emoji, stickers, and other creative media ecosystems that exist on our platform. You will be reporting directly to the Engineering Manager of Nitro Expression.


    To learn more about Discord Engineering,read our engineering blog here


    What you'll be doing

    • Build & ship high-quality experiences for our users, working directly with design and product teams to define the right solutions.
    • Use your technical expertise to lead and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at a high technical level.
    • Act as a problem-solver, not just a developer. Participate at all levels of ideation, implementation and release.
    • Mentor & help grow engineers on your team.
    • Collaborate with other staff engineers and partners across the organization to ensure technical understanding to other systems, products, and vision.

    What you should have

    • 7+ years full-stack experience. We're a multi-platform team, so it's important to understand the development frameworks and fundamentals of our web platform (React, TypeScript) and backend (Python and a little bit of Rust).
    • Mobile experience on Android and iOS (React Native, Kotlin, Objective-C, Swift)
    • Experience leading large projects from inception to launch.
    • Solid understanding of the craft of software development and ability to level up those around you.
    • A growth mindset. You view mistakes as learning opportunities and build upon your successes. You challenge yourself and those around you to improve.
    • A focus on impact. You have a thoughtful eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great. You collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems.
    • A strong sense of ownership. You believe in solving a problem completely rather than simply shipping a solution. You can operate autonomously.

    Discord is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting an inclusive work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity, inclusion, and aim to provide a sense of belonging for everyone.

    The US base salary range for this full-time position is ($214,000) to (252,000) + 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.

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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
    • 14+ 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