Senior Developer Advocate, Web Games

5 Months ago • 5 Years + • Community Management • $183,000 PA - $201,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Discord seeks a Senior Developer Advocate to support, educate, and inspire its game developer community. 5+ years of experience in developer advocacy, engineering, or game development is required. Strong API design and development best practices knowledge are essential. Proficiency in a popular gaming platform like Unity, Unreal Engine, or Godot is a must.
Must have:
  • Developer Advocacy
  • Game Development
  • API Design
  • Unity, Unreal
Good to have:
  • Web Gaming
  • TypeScript, React
  • Discord APIs
  • Mandarin/Korean
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

We recently made it easier than ever for developers to build and distribute the next great game on Discord. We’re looking for a Senior Developer Advocate to help support, educate, and inspire our growing game developer community. You will build meaningful relationships with our community by engaging with their questions and ideas, by speaking at events and workshops, and by communicating their feedback to the rest of the team.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Be the voice that drives us to constantly improve the experience for game developers on Discord's developer platform
  • Support platform developers by writing documentation, crafting best practices, and developing code samples or projects
  • Collaborate with our Engineering, Product, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams to highlight unique apps and use-cases, improve our developer experiences and grow the app ecosystem
  • Host community events, lead technical workshops, deliver talks, and find delightful, unique ways to bring new game developers into the Discord developer ecosystem
  • Be an expert resource for our developer community by continuously learning about our platform's capabilities and design patterns
  • Work with the other stakeholders on the developer facings teams to define how our team can best work with our developer community, including using insights you gather to directly influence our product roadmap

What you should have

  • 5+ years experience in developer advocacy, engineering, or other relevant technical experience
  • Practical experience building games, or tools to support game developers
  • Proven ability to discuss and explain complex technical subjects in simple, succinct language
  • A strong understanding of API design principles and development best-practices
  • Proficiency with at least one popular gaming platform like Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot.
  • Proven ability to collect, analyze, and discuss data in order to set and track performance against goals
  • Experience working within cross-functional teams
  • Confidence presenting to different types of audiences, large and small, virtual and in-person
  • A passion for delivering technical documentation that inspires other builders

Bonus Points

  • Previous experience in a Developer Advocacy role
  • Experience with web gaming technology, like Unity, Phaser, itch.io, etc
  • Experience with the web platform including TypeScript and React
  • Experience with Discord’s APIs
  • Proficiency in Mandarin or Korean


#LI-Remote

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000 to $201,500 + 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.

Why Discord? 

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!

Check out our inclusion, diversity and purpose efforts, company principles, or learn more about the Life @ Discord experience!

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About The Company

Founded in 2015, 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.


And we're hiring! If this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us: https://discordapp.com/jobs for openings.

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