Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, New Gaming Features

Discord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and social interactions. They are seeking a Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer to design and maintain features that enhance user connections and experiences while gaming.

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

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Experience with React/TS, Python or other modern programming languages
• A track-record of shipping incremental + delightful features that improve the overall user experience
• Comfortable switching between different technical stacks and learning new ones
• Enjoy collaborating with product, design and other stakeholders
• Ability to express opinions and stay aligned
• Take a holistic approach to problem solving
• Believe in solving a problem from first principles rather than simply shipping a solution
• Learn from mistakes and work through obstacles with the rest of the team
• Experience leading projects, gathering requirements, supporting partners and mentoring others
• Believe in ‘lead by example' with regards to ownership, autonomy, quality and impact
• No problem is 'not my problem'
• A Discord user and want to make the product better!
• 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