Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform

Discord is used by over 200 million people monthly, primarily for playing video games, with users spending 1.5 billion hours on thousands of titles. The Social Layer of Gaming team aims to enhance this experience by building tools for game developers to integrate Discord's power directly into their games, fostering deeper relationships through collaborative play. The engineering culture emphasizes collaboration and trust.

Must Have

• Design and build core features for game developers (APIs, realtime infrastructure, C++ SDKs, developer portal, UI).
• Continually raise the quality bar of software.
• Work with other engineers to write, review, and ship elegant and scalable code.
• Lead projects through the whole life cycle: gathering requirements, mapping scope, building, and shipping.
• Collaborate with game developer partners to understand their needs and improve tools.
• Work with product managers, designers, and product marketers to cut through ambiguity.
• 4-5 years experience as a software engineer.
• Experience with Python, Elixir, Rust, Typescript/React, or C++.
• Experience leveraging a cloud platform (GCP, Amazon, or Azure) for backend infrastructure.
• Take a holistic approach to problem solving.
• Actively leverage LLMs to accelerate productivity.

Good to Have

• Experience with game development (Unity and/or Unreal).
• Experience with mobile development.

Perks & Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits

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.

People come to Discord before, during, and after gaming, and we want to make that experience even better. The Social Layer of Gaming team is building the tools for game developers to make that happen by harnessing the power of Discord from right within their games. We believe that gaming is better when playing with your friends and aim to foster better and deeper relationships through that. This is also reflected in how we work! Our engineering culture believes that great teams are built through collaboration and trust. Come and join us!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and build out core features for our audience of game developers. This could include anything from our APIs, realtime infrastructure, C++ SDKs, developer portal, or even in the UI. Whatever it takes to get the important thing done.
• Use your attention to detail to continually raise the quality bar of the software we write.
• Work with the other engineers on your team to write, review, and ship elegant and scalable code. You take pride in the fact that your code will be used by millions and millions of people!
• Be the lead on projects through the whole life cycle: including gathering requirements, mapping out its scope, building, and shipping it.
• Collaborate with our game developer partners to better understand their needs in order to improve our tools. This could mean hopping into partner meetings as a technical expert, answering questions in channels, and occasionally helping them design out a solution.
• Work with product managers, designers, and product marketers to cut through ambiguity and find the way forward.

You’ll Thrive In This Role If...

• You have 4-5 years experience as a software engineer.
• You have experience with some parts of our tech stack: Python, Elixir, Rust, Typescript/React, or C++.
• You have experience leveraging a cloud platform (GCP, Amazon, or Azure) to serve as the backend infrastructure for a product.
• You have a sense for product and design. We don’t operate in silos, and you’ll be collaborating closely with cross-functional peers. You should be able to express opinions and collaborate to make something great.
• 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 actively leverage LLMs to accelerate your productivity.

Bonus Points

• Experience with game development. Bonus bonus points if you’re familiar with Unity and/or Unreal.
• Experience with mobile development.

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!

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