Senior Engineering Manager, Performance & Quality

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Software Development & Engineering • $304,000 PA - $342,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Discord is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for its Client Platform & Performance team. The role focuses on leading the technical vision for Discord's client experience across all platforms, with a specific emphasis on mobile performance for 2025. Responsibilities include guiding the technical roadmap, managing a team of mobile and application engineers, ensuring high technical standards, and collaborating with cross-functional leaders to build new features. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical depth in JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native, with experience in C++ or other low-level languages for performance optimization. A passion for coaching engineers and a knack for tackling technical challenges are essential.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
  • Deep understanding of mobile performance and React Native
  • Strong technical depth in JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native
  • Experience in C++ or other low-level languages for performance optimization
  • Passion for coaching and developing engineers
  • Strong communication skills for technical discussions and alignment
Good to have:
  • Experience managing performance & quality, build & release, or architecture teams
  • Experience with application optimization beyond mobile (web & desktop)
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're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our Client Platform & Performance team to help lead the technical vision for Discord's client experience across all platforms, with a special focus on mobile performance in 2025.

You will report to our Director of Engineering, Client Platform & Performance, and play a critical role in shaping the technical foundation that powers Discord's user experience for millions of people worldwide. Our goal is to build products that our customers absolutely love - products that are functional, reliable, usable, and delightful, with performance as a core feature and an iterative approach to solving complex problems.

What you'll be doing:

  • Guide the technical vision and roadmap for Discord's Client Platforms.
  • Grow and manage a team of talented mobile and application engineers.
  • Use your technical expertise and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at the high technical level we set.
  • Work with leaders from all over the company to build new features.

What you should have:

  • 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager.
  • You deeply understand mobile performance and React Native and are excited by the challenge of delivering an incredible product to 200 million users.
  • Strong technical depth with JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native, with experience in C++ or other low-level languages for performance optimization.
  • A passion for coaching and developing engineers, and also for digging into technical problems when the opportunity arises.
  • Strong communication skills that foster clear technical discussions and help teams reach alignment, while integrating diverse perspectives into plans.

Bonus Points:

  • Experience running performance & quality, build & release, or other architecture teams
  • Experience working with application optimization beyond mobile, including web & desktop.


The US base salary range for this full-time position is $304,000 to $342,000 + 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!

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About The Company

Discord is a voice, video and text platform that helps friends come together to hang out, play games and have fun. When Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy founded Discord in 2015 they had a hunch that multiplayer gaming would be the future of entertainment and that people would need a communications platform designed for them to talk with their gaming friends. Today, gaming has become the largest form of entertainment in the world, bigger than movies and music combined. It’s the fastest-growing as well. Discord makes it feel like you’re playing in the same room with friends.

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