Staff Software Engineer, Social Gaming

1 Month ago • 8-10 Years • Full Stack Development • $223,000 PA - $245,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer, Social Gaming at Discord, you will design and build core features for game developers, working on C++ SDKs, APIs, real-time infrastructure, and data systems. You'll collaborate with engineering teams to improve software development practices, ensuring high-quality, scalable code used by millions. Responsibilities include pairing with engineers, working with product teams, collaborating with game developer partners to understand their needs, and contributing to a strong engineering culture. The role requires experience with Python, Rust, or React, along with C++ expertise.
Must have:
  • Python, Rust, or React experience
  • 8-10 years software engineering experience
  • 2+ years C++ experience
  • Product and design sense
  • Holistic problem-solving approach
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.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Design and build out core features for our audience of game developers. This could include anything from our C++ SDKs, our APIs, realtime infrastructure, and modeling stuff out for data systems. Whatever it takes to get the important thing done.
  • Work with the Engineering Manager and other Senior and Staff Engineers to foster a strong culture of software engineering. Great engineering teams are always finding new ways to iterate and improve.
  • Use your attention to detail to continually raise the quality bar of the software we write.
  • Pair with the other engineers on your team to write, review, and ship elegant and scalable code. Take pride in the fact that your code will be used by millions and millions of people!
  • 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 listening to their feedback to improve our product.
  • Work with product managers, designers, and product marketers to cut through ambiguity and find the way forward.

What you should have

  • You have several years experience with Python, Rust, or React.
  • You have 8-10 years experience as a software engineer.
  • You have at least 2 years experience with C++. It’s ok if this is rusty.
  • 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.


#LI-Remote

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $223,000 to $245,500 + 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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