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title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Growth at Discord'
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# Senior Software Engineer, Growth at Discord

- **Company:** Discord
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-08-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8642087002

## Job description

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Growth team at Discord. Our team owns how new users discover, understand, and get started with Discord — from the first moment someone encounters us on the web through the onboarding experience that turns them into engaged members. You'll work across the stack to build the systems that acquire and activate users at scale, whether that means improving how Discord shows up across the web or designing the in-product experiences that help new users find their footing. This is a high-impact role where you'll directly influence how Discord grows. This person will report to the Senior Engineering Manager for Growth.

What you'll be doing:

- Build and optimize user-facing experiences that improve how people discover, understand, and get started with Discord
- Develop scalable backend systems that serve dynamic, high-performance content at scale
- Work across the full stack — frontend (TypeScript, React) and backend (Python) — wherever the problem leads
- Design and run A/B experiments to measure the impact of your work on user acquisition and activation
- Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to identify high-impact growth opportunities and iterate quickly
- Maintain performance and reliability standards for user-facing properties
- Write code that's readable, reviewable, and built with the next engineer in mind

What you should have:

- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong expertise in TypeScript and React with a track record of delivering high-performance frontend experiences
- Practical experience with Python and backend frameworks such as Flask
- Experience designing and running A/B tests with a focus on data-driven decision making
- Comfort working across the full stack and taking ownership of projects end to end
- A habit of asking why before asking how — and the judgment to know when good enough ships and when it doesn't

Bonus points:

- Prior experience on growth-focused engineering teams working on activation, onboarding, or acquisition
- Experience building SEO infrastructure, or interest in how LLMs and search engines index and surface web content
- Mobile development experience

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,000 + 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, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. 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!

Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.

Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking [HERE.](https://discord.com/terms/applicant-candidate-privacy-policy)

## About Discord

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Discord is a voice, video, and text communication platform designed to help friends and communities hang out and play games together.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not disclosed in available sources)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Gaming communication and social platform
- **Target customers**: B2C – gamers, gaming communities, and friends; also B2B via in-game chat integrations
- **Mission or purpose**: To be the best place to talk before, during, and after playing games, enabling meaningful connections around the joy of gaming.

## Products & Services
- **Discord Platform (Voice, Video, Text)**: A free-to-use app for 1:1 DMs, group DMs, and Servers where users can communicate in real-time. Features include high-quality streaming, in-game overlay, Soundboard, Voice Messages, and Activities (playable games inside Discord).
- **Discord API & SDK**: Allows developers to build bots, integrations, and in-game chat powered by Discord (e.g., used by Pax Dei and Omega Strikers).
- **Discord App Launcher**: Lets users enjoy Activities and apps directly within Discord.
- **Rich Presence API**: Enables games to display player activity on Discord profiles.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 90+ million daily active users (DAU) as of Q4 2025 (internal data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not detailed in provided sources; known from general knowledge includes Greylock, Index Ventures, Accel, and Tencent (but not cited here)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 90%+ of Discord users play video games; ~40% start a game within an hour of using Discord.
  - Expanded in-game voice chat support to PS5 and PC.
  - Launched in-game overlay, Soundboard, Voice Messages, and Activities.
  - New CEO Humam Sakhnini (former Activision Blizzard/King executive) appointed in Spring 2025.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Gaming-first focus**: Deep integration with gaming ecosystems (console, PC, mobile) and features built specifically for gamers.
- **Massive, engaged user base**: 90M+ DAU with high daily activity and strong community stickiness.
- **Platform lock-in**: Users build social networks within Discord servers, making switching costly.
- **Developer ecosystem**: API and SDK power hundreds of thousands of apps and in-game chat integrations.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue making Discord the most reliable and feature-rich platform for gaming conversations.
- Expand in-game voice/text chat partnerships (e.g., Pax Dei, Omega Strikers).
- Invest in Safety platform (dedicated engineering teams, Safety Processing, Enforce, Experience).
- Grow revenue through monetization features (Nitro subscriptions, game sales, and ads – hinted by job postings for "Revenue" teams).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes seven principles: Strive for Excellence, Cultivate Belonging, Deliver for Customers, Embrace the Brutal Facts, Progress Over Perfection, Debate/Decide/Commit, Surprise & Delight. Employees use Discord daily and share a passion for gaming.
- **Work model**: Flexible – in-person at San Francisco HQ, remote, or hybrid. "Great work can happen anywhere."
- **Benefits** (US full-time):
  - Competitive compensation with equity, 401k matching.
  - 4 weeks PTO, 16 paid holidays (including winter break), flexible sick time (including mental health days).
  - 12+ weeks parental leave, fertility/adoption/surrogacy benefits.
  - Medical, dental, vision, reproductive, gender-affirming, and mental healthcare.
  - $375 quarterly wellness stipend.
  - $1,000/year donation matching, 2 volunteer days off.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on data, safety, and infrastructure; managers go through leadership training; many open roles in Core Tech, Safety, Data, and Machine Learning.

## Sources
1. [discord.com/careers](https://discord.com/careers)
2. [discord.com/company](https://discord.com/company)
3. [discord.com/blog/the-seven-principles-of-working-at-discord](https://discord.com/blog/the-seven-principles-of-working-at-discord)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8350416002](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8350416002)

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