Senior Staff Software Engineer, React Native (Performance & Quality)

10 Hours ago • 10 Years + • $304,000 PA - $342,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the technical vision for Discord's client experience, focusing on mobile performance and React Native optimization. You will architect client-side libraries, ensure scalability, and mentor other engineers. You will be responsible for the technical direction and strategy of the client platforms, especially concerning mobile performance and React Native optimization to support international growth. The role involves building functional, reliable, usable, and delightful products with performance as a core feature.
Must have:
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Deep understanding of mobile performance and React Native.
  • Strong technical depth in JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native.
  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Experience leading technical excellence across teams.
Good to have:
  • Contributions to open source or technical talks.
  • Experience optimizing applications for international markets.
  • Experience with performance profiling and optimization tools.
  • Background in game development.
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 Staff Engineer 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:

  • Lead technical direction and strategy for Discord's client platforms, with particular emphasis on mobile performance and React Native optimization to support international growth in 2026 and beyond.
  • Architect and develop foundational client-side libraries spanning the entire application stack, ensuring scalability, reliability, and exceptional performance that feels instantaneous.
  • Own engineering quality for client performance, developing systems and processes to ensure quality can be sustainably maintained across platforms.
  • Mentor the next generation of technical leaders at Discord.

What you should have:

  • 10+ years experience as a software engineer working on large, cross-platform software projects.
  • 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.
  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a track record of diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues.
  • Strong communication skills that foster clear technical discussions and help teams reach alignment, while integrating diverse perspectives into plans.
  • Experience leading technical excellence across teams, establishing best practices for performance, accessibility, and quality.

Bonus Points:

  • Active in the React and/or React Native communities, with contributions to open source or technical talks at conferences
  • Experience optimizing applications for international markets with varying network conditions
  • Experience with performance profiling and optimization tools
  • Background in game development or game-adjacent technologies

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a 100% remote role. We are looking for someone to work in our San Francisco office at least 1 day per week.


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

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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