Discord · 6 hours ago
Director of Engineering, Developer Ecosystem
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$400K/yr - $450K/yr
5+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and social interaction. The company is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the commerce platform and enhance the player experience, focusing on building teams and strategies that support game developers.
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Responsibilities
Build and lead multiple teams focused on commerce platform development and the in-Discord player experience by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact
Define and drive our commerce platform strategy from the ground up, including organizing existing team members and building out new capabilities to support game developers in managing shop queues and enabling purchases through Discord
Partner closely with major publishers and large game developers to drive adoption of our platform, understanding the entire customer lifecycle journey and building tools that create value for developers, Discord, and players
Collaborate with Product leadership to provide vision and culture for your teams while working with leads and executive partners across the company
Use your technical expertise to build high-performance engineering teams capable of supporting a commerce platform at scale
Work with other Engineering leaders to continuously improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a strong technical foundation
5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager and have successfully managed groups of 3+ Engineering Managers and 15+ Software Engineers
2+ years of experience managing other Managers
Experience hiring and growing senior leaders and managers
Enjoy coming up with pragmatic solutions to concrete problems using first principles thinking
Passionate about coaching and leading other engineers, but remain technically hands-on enough to engage in architecture discussions and lead conversations with technical directors at game companies
Understand the mindset of developers and have experience building products or platforms for developer audiences
Preferred
Experience in the gaming industry (AAA publishers, platform providers, or game studios)
Experience building commerce platforms, microtransaction systems, or web shops at scale
Background building out revenue-generating infrastructure that supports high-volume transactions
SDK design or platform API experience
Experience defining and building new teams and strategies from scratch
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$995.41MKey Investors
Flat CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupSony Interactive Entertainment
2024-03-01Secondary Market
2022-11-22Series I
2022-03-12Secondary Market· $10.86M
Leadership Team
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
CTO & Co-Founder
Mike Polner
VP, Global Head of Marketing
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