Senior Software Engineer | Discord | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">At Discord, we believe everyone can find a place where they belong. Our mission is to help make it easy for everyone to find and join meaningful conversations, and to make every part of our product feel smart and delightful.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As Discord scales rapidly, the Experimentation Platform puts data at the heart of its decision-making and growth by enabling rapid and accurate product experimentation. We develop and operate an end-to-end platform that is leveraged by our Machine Learning, Analytics, Engineering, and Product partners. We are a small and quickly growing team; by joining us as an early team member, you will be presented with significant leadership opportunities as we evolve.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are currently taking a fresh look at our Experimentation Platform, including potentially rebuilding parts of the platform from scratch to take it to the next level. We are looking for strong software engineers who want to help take us on this journey. To learn more about Discord Engineering in general, <a href="https://blog.discord.com/tagged/engineering" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">read our engineering blogs here</a>. If the above sounds exciting to you, read on!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you’ll be doing</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Design, build, potentially re-build, and support Discord’s next generation experimentation platform: Scope of work would include core services, data pipelines, configuration tooling, and UX.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with external stakeholders and customers throughout the company to ensure experiments are well run, and their results are accurately understood.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Understand and influence product telemetry practices to support experimentation needs.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">You’ll Thrive in This Role If…</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer and/or have an educational background in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math, or Statistics.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with A/B testing and experimentation platforms is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with leaders in product, data science, and engineering.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You thrive in ambiguous environments where the best way forward is unclear, and get excited about figuring out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on them.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have experience building and deploying large-scale distributed systems in a cloud computing environment.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You are proficient in Python and SQL. Knowledge of Typescript is a plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with a variety of datastore, e.g. relational, NoSQL, data warehouse solutions.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Bonus Points</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with cloud-computing platforms such as Google Cloud Platform.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with modern data processing stacks, e.g. DBT, Dagster, Airflow.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Full-stack development or product engineering experience.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Deep understanding of statistics, data science, or large scale data processing.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>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.#buildbelonging #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid #LI-HY1</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>#LI-Remote</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and use of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking <a href="https://discord.com/terms/applicant-candidate-privacy-policy" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here. </a></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Discord is an equal opportunity employer that believes diversity inspires creativity and innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees can do their best work free of harassment or discrimination, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or any other protected characteristics or identities. We encourage all candidates to apply for roles where they may make the most impact.</p>
<h4>About Us</h4>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends come together to hang out, have fun, and play games. With over 150 million monthly users, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. <strong class=" font-semibold">So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As Discord scales rapidly, the Experimentation Platform puts data at the heart of its decision-making and growth by enabling rapid and accurate product experimentation. We develop and operate an end-to-end platform that is leveraged by our Machine Learning, Analytics, Engineering, and Product partners. We are a small and quickly growing team; by joining us as an early team member, you will be presented with significant leadership opportunities as we evolve.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are currently taking a fresh look at our Experimentation Platform, including potentially rebuilding parts of the platform from scratch to take it to the next level. We are looking for strong software engineers who want to help take us on this journey. To learn more about Discord Engineering in general, <a href="https://blog.discord.com/tagged/engineering" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">read our engineering blogs here</a>. If the above sounds exciting to you, read on!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you’ll be doing</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Design, build, potentially re-build, and support Discord’s next generation experimentation platform: Scope of work would include core services, data pipelines, configuration tooling, and UX.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with external stakeholders and customers throughout the company to ensure experiments are well run, and their results are accurately understood.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Understand and influence product telemetry practices to support experimentation needs.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">You’ll Thrive in This Role If…</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer and/or have an educational background in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math, or Statistics.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with A/B testing and experimentation platforms is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with leaders in product, data science, and engineering.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You thrive in ambiguous environments where the best way forward is unclear, and get excited about figuring out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on them.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have experience building and deploying large-scale distributed systems in a cloud computing environment.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You are proficient in Python and SQL. Knowledge of Typescript is a plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with a variety of datastore, e.g. relational, NoSQL, data warehouse solutions.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Bonus Points</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with cloud-computing platforms such as Google Cloud Platform.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with modern data processing stacks, e.g. DBT, Dagster, Airflow.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Full-stack development or product engineering experience.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Deep understanding of statistics, data science, or large scale data processing.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>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.#buildbelonging #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid #LI-HY1</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>#LI-Remote</em></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and use of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking <a href="https://discord.com/terms/applicant-candidate-privacy-policy" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here. </a></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Discord is an equal opportunity employer that believes diversity inspires creativity and innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees can do their best work free of harassment or discrimination, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or any other protected characteristics or identities. We encourage all candidates to apply for roles where they may make the most impact.</p>
<h4>About Us</h4>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends come together to hang out, have fun, and play games. With over 150 million monthly users, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. <strong class=" font-semibold">So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!</strong></p>