Discord · 3 days ago
Staff Software Engineer, Player Experience
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$248K/yr - $279K/yr
8+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and socializing. The role involves designing and maintaining features that enhance user connections and experiences in gaming, collaborating with various stakeholders to create engaging interactions.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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!
Preferred
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
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (48)
2024 (32)
2023 (13)
2022 (18)
2021 (5)
2020 (2)
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
J- C-
Board Member & Advisor to the CEO
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
CTO & Co-Founder
Recent News
Spark Capital
2025-12-31
General Catalyst
2025-12-26
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