Staff Software Engineer, Player Experience

People come to Discord before, during, and after gaming, and we want to make that experience even better. Working directly with our developer partners and communities, we are building brand new ways for users on Discord to connect, engage and have a great time while gaming. We believe that gaming is better when playing with friends, and aim to provide the features and tooling for developers to help us enrich those experiences. This is also reflected in how we work! Our engineering culture values collaboration and building great teams. Come and join us!

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain features that help users connect and make friends through gaming on our platform, across desktop and mobile.
• 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.
• 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.
• Partner with our Content, Marketing and ML teams to improve ranking and discovery systems, enabling users to find meaningful connections and relevant content.
• Build innovative features that help users discover new friendships and deepen existing ones, creating a trusted and welcoming environment.

What you should have

• You have 8+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• You have experience with React/TS, Python or other modern programming languages.
• You have a track-record of shipping incremental + delightful features that improve the overall user experience.
• 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 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 are a Discord user and want to make the product better!

Bonus Points

• Experience working on a mobile native stack (iOS / Obj-C / Swift), Android (Java, Kotlin)
• Experience integrating or deploying on Steam (or similar platforms)
• Experience using Epic Games Online Services, Steamworks API, Playfab