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Discord, founded in 2015 by Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy, began as a voice chat platform for gamers but has evolved into a global community hub with over 150 million monthly active users. Its real‑time, low‑latency communication stack—combining text, voice, and video channels—has become the standard for online collaboration, and its open API has spawned thousands of bots and integrations that power millions of servers worldwide.
Hiring at Discord spans engineering, product, design, data science, security, and community‑operations roles. Candidates can expect a remote‑first or hybrid model, rapid iteration cycles, and a focus on user safety and scalability. The company values diversity, encourages open‑source contributions, and rewards solutions that improve reliability and latency for millions of concurrent users.
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Senior Director of Policy Communications
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 17, 2024
Discord is seeking a senior communications leader to oversee global efforts related to government relations, regulatory matters, public affairs, platform policies, and safety initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in policy communications, a deep understanding of global political landscapes, and strong relationships with media. They will lead policy communications strategy, shape narratives on complex issues, and manage crisis communications. The role involves working closely with various teams and the senior executive leadership, and the base salary range is $250,000 to $275,000 + equity + benefits.
Senior Software Engineer - API Platform
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 17, 2024
Discord is a popular communication app that aims to foster genuine relationships among users. The API Platform team, which handles 400,000 requests per second, is seeking an experienced API Platform Engineer. The role involves refining the codebase, managing infrastructure, and ensuring system reliability. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of backend development experience, experience scaling distributed systems, and familiarity with open-source software. The base salary range for this remote position is $190,000-$204,000 + equity + benefits.
Software Engineer - Safety Processing
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 20, 2024
Discord is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to join their Safety Processing team. The role involves scaling and improving the platform's ability to review potentially harmful content, collaborating with ML teams, and modernizing agent-facing tooling. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of experience in full-stack product development using Python and Flask, and a proven track record of creating pragmatic solutions to complex problems. Bonus points for experience in building internal tools for content moderation and designing scalable services. The US base salary range for this position is $165,000 to $178,000 + equity + benefits.
Senior Exploitative Content Specialist
Company: Discord
Location: Remote
Posted Apr 11, 2024
Discord is seeking an experienced professional to investigate and mitigate harmful content, including child sexual abuse material, on their platform. The role involves reviewing sensitive content reports, investigating complex cases, and collaborating with internal teams to prevent abuse. The position requires at least 5 years of experience in investigating internet crimes against children, threat-based laws, or policies. The role involves exposure to graphic and objectionable content, and the ability to work in a high-pressure, sensitive environment.
Senior Software Engineer, Persistence Infrastructure
Company: Discord
Location: USA
Posted Mar 31, 2024
<p>Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world Original reliable playful and relatable These are the values that connect our users and our employees at Discord <p> <p>Gamers nerds moms dads engineers designers marketers support We created Discord to help people come together around games Its been amazing to watch it grow into what it is todaya place where millions of diverse communities exist and people connect with old friends and new Diversity and inclusiveness are a critical part of how we get to whats next We believe that with diversity comes a better product better decisions and a better work environment As we continue to grow our values keep us dedicated to building a company that is representative of the world we live and play in<p> <p>Discord is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting an inclusive work environment free of discrimination and harassment We value diversity inclusion and aim to provide a sense of belonging for everyone<p> <p>The Persistence Infrastructure team develops and operates Discords realtime datastore systems that serve the data of Discords 150M+ monthly active usersincluding over a trillion messages We work across multiple systems areas databases disk storage and Rustbased data access services Were a small team whose work has a huge impact on our organizations success and ability to grow and report to the Engineering Manager of our Persistence Infrastructure squad<p> <p>Some blog posts about our work<p> <ul style=> <li style=><a href=22httpsdiscordcombloghowdiscordstorestrillionsofmessages22 rel=nofollow target=blank>How Discord Stores Trillions of Messages<a><li> <li style=><a href=22httpsdiscordcombloghowdiscordsuperchargesnetworkdisksforextremelowlatency22 rel=nofollow target=blank>How Discord Supercharges Network Disks For Extreme Low Latency<a><li> <ul> <p><strong>What youll be doing<strong><p> <ul style=> <li style=> <p>Building and operating largescale reliable and performant data systems with ScyllaDB PostgreSQL ElasticSearch Linux and Rust<p> <li> <li style=> <p>Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to develop primitives that provide compounding leverage for Discord engineering by reliably storing and serving user data while protecting the safety of our user data<p> <li> <li style=> <p>Exercise First Principles Thinking to always deliver what matters most to our users<p> <li> <li style=> <p>Work with a talented team of engineers who have built one of the largest communication platforms in the world<p> <li> <ul> <p><strong>What you should have<strong><p> <ul style=> <li style=> <p>4+ years of experience building distributed systems and datastore infrastructure<p> <li> <li style=> <p>Experience with highlyavailable and distributed databases eg ScyllaDB Cassandra BigTable DynamoDB CockroachDB Postgres wHA etc<p> <li> <li style=> <p>Proficiency with at least one staticallytyped programming language eg Rust Go Java C C++<p> <li> <li style=> <p>Strong operating systems distributed systems and concurrency control fundamentals<p> <li> <li style=> <p>Familiarity with Linux internals<p> <li> <ul> <p><em><br>LIRemote<br><br><span for=>The US base salary range for this fulltime position is $190000 to $204000 + equity + benefits Our salary ranges are determined by role and level Within the range individual pay is determined by additional factors including jobrelated 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<span><br><em><p><div class=contentconclusion><div class=h4>About Us<div> <p><span style=fontweight>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<span><p> <p><span style=fontweight>Were 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 Its a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world <span><strong>So if this strikes a chord with you come build belonging with us<strong><p><div><img src=httpsremotivecomjobtrack1903979blankgifsource=publicapi alt=>
Studio Games Product Manager
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 17, 2024
Discord is seeking a Product Manager for their casual game development team. The role involves designing systems for player engagement, retention, and monetization, collaborating with game teams to define success metrics, and working with cross-functional teams to develop and launch new features. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of experience in gaming product management, a strong understanding of F2P game monetization, and experience managing multiple projects. The base salary range for this full-time position is $175,000 - $191,000 + equity + benefits.
Senior Product Manager, New Businesses
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 13, 2024
<p>Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world Original reliable playful and relatable These are the values that connect our users and our employees at Discord<p> <p>Our Revenue team focuses on building and maintaining the monetization ecosystem on Discord through Nitro Boosting and a portfolio of new bets<p> <p>Were looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead monetization efforts for new business lines You will be responsible for identifying new opportunities and for creating a vision around why we should pursue them You will define our strategy for how we can deliver that message You will drive execution on a roadmap you create while scaling our revenue platform for other teams to build on You will work directly with our GTM teams when launching products for users and businesses Finally you will partner both internally and externally to form creative solutions and build an impactful team in one of the highestpriority product areas at Discord<p> <p><strong>What Youll Be Doing<strong><p> <ul><li>Guide the product philosophy vision and roadmap for new ways to monetize on Discord<li> <li>Lead crossfunctional execution with engineering data science design marketing partnerships legal policy to build test and launch revenue products that are beneficial for our users<li> <li>Clearly communicate roadmaps priorities experiments and decisions across a wide spectrum of audiences from partner teams to executive levels<li> <li>Together with other product teams evolve the inapp ecosystem for all monetizable products to ensure a coherent and delightful experience for anything a user pays for<li> <li>Empathize and relate to our users especially those who are the most active on Discord<li> <ul><p><strong>You Will Thrive In This Role If<strong><p> <ul><li>Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments excited about finding simple solutions to complex problems and then executing on them<li> <li>46+ years experience shipping great software driving prioritization making tradeoff decisions and setting timelines<li> <li>Demonstrated technical proficiency and effectiveness working closely with engineers<li> <li>Extensive experience working in thirdparty ecosystems towards monetization goals<li> <li>Track record of driving impact via rapid experimentation towards a metric goal for a consumer tech product<li> <li>Strong analytical ability to quickly organize and leverage data including writing SQL to make informed product decisions with crossfunctional stakeholders<li> <li>Strong product sense for the consumer tech revenue space with deep understanding of how users go from free to paid<li> <ul><p><strong>Bonus Points<strong><p> <ul><li>Experience working with monetization on Android iOS or desktop<li> <li>Experience building and growing social andor online communication products<li> <li>BABS in Computer Science Engineering or relevant technical experience<li> <li>Entrepreneurial experience building consumer applications<li> <li>Familiarity with the gaming publisher space<li> <ul><p><em><span datahighlightid=81455a71191db6d5f76f64c21f4da6bc0>The US base salary range for this fulltime position is $214000 to $233000 +<span> equity <span datahighlightid=e0096ad4504408d02da445a82c4a3cea0>+<span> benefits Our salary ranges are determined by role and level Within the range individual pay is determined by additional factors including jobrelated <span datahighlightid=257485fb9f598e390adc63496009eeae0>skills experience<span> and <span datahighlightid=67c83e927ebf7ae463b3b605641d320b0>relevant<span> <span datahighlightid=69e7c3e01ccca129971eae57e25601780>education or training<span> Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include equity or benefits<em><p> <p><em>LIRemote<em><p> <div><b>About Us<b> <p><span>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<span><p> <p><span>Were 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 Its a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world <span><strong>So if this strikes a chord with you come build belonging with us<strong><p> <div>
Senior Software Engineer, Persistence Infrastructure
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 22, 2024
Discord is a communication platform that aims to foster genuine relationships and a sense of belonging among its diverse user base. The company values inclusivity and diversity, which are reflected in its product and work environment. Discord's Persistence Infrastructure team is responsible for developing and operating the real-time datastore systems that serve the data of Discord's 150M+ monthly active users. The team is seeking a distributed systems engineer with 4+ years of experience, proficiency in statically-typed programming languages, and strong fundamentals in operating systems, distributed systems, and concurrency control.
Senior Software Engineer - Discord for Business - Measurement
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 14, 2024
Heck yes. Double heck yes. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. 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. buildbelonging LI-HY1 LI-HYBRID About Us Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends come together to hang out, have fun, and play games. So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us! Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits. A place where everyone can find belonging. With over 150 million monthly users, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. We build on top of systems like Flink, PubSub, Pulsar, and Airflow.
Senior Engineering Manager, Privacy
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 13, 2024
<p>Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world Original reliable playful and relatable These are the values that connect our users and our employees at Discord <p> <p>We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager Privacy reporting to the Head Of Trust Engineering to join us in building a trusted platform for Discords users If you are an Engineering Manager with a passion for privacy a deep sense of curiosity and an endless desire to improve Discord read on<p> <p><strong>What Youll Be Doing<strong><p> <ul datapmslice=3 3 ><li>Lead a team of Privacy Engineers who develop platformlevel privacy tools and services assist with privacyaware product development and advise on privacy best practices<li> <li>Help build crossfunctional programs that are foundational to privacyfirst software development<li> <li>Help develop and maintain product features and cloud infrastructure to ensure privacybydesign<li> <li>Partner with Engineering Data Governance Legal amp Policy and Security to foster an influential and crossfunctional Privacy organization<li> <ul><p><strong>You Will Thrive In This Role If<strong><p> <ul datapmslice=3 3 ><li>Working knowledge of Privacy regulations eg GPDR CCPA and Digital Services Act<li> <li>3+ years of experience as a Software Engineering Manager and have managed a team of 3+ Engineers<li> <li>3+ years of experience in Privacy Engineering or adjacent domains like Security Engineering<li> <li>5+ years of experience as a software engineer working on distributed systems with millions of users<li> <li>Experience programming in at least one general purpose programming language eg Python Rust and Go<li> <li>Experience working in our preferred infrastructure technologies eg GCP Cloudflare Kubernetes and Terraform<li> <li>Experience working with our preferred data technologies eg BigQuery Looker and Mode<li> <li>Confidence in writing the roadmap not just following one<li> <li>Experience with database and data storage technologies like Scylla and Postgres Optional<li> <ul><p><br ><br ><p><p datapmslice=1 1 ><em>The US base salary range for this fulltime position is $256000 to $270000 + equity + benefits Our salary ranges are determined by role and level Within the range individual pay is determined by additional factors including jobrelated experience and education Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include equity or benefits<em><p> <p datapmslice=1 1 ><em>LIRemote<br ><em><p> <div><b>About Us<b> <p><span>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<span><p> <p><span>Were 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 Its a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world <span><strong>So if this strikes a chord with you come build belonging with us<strong><p> <div>
Software Engineer, Design Foundations
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted Mar 20, 2024
Discord is a company that aims to create a space for people to find belonging and build genuine relationships. They are seeking a technical web engineer to work on their marketing properties and improve the user experience.
Senior Platform Policy Specialist, Minor Safety & Exploitative Content
Company: Discord
Location: Remote
Posted Apr 11, 2024
Discord is seeking a Senior Policy Specialist to help maintain a safe environment by developing or improving content policies. The role involves addressing minor safety and exploitative content issues, partnering with Trust & Safety, and writing user-facing communications. The ideal candidate will have experience in relevant issues, policy writing, and data-driven decision-making. Discord aims to create a space for genuine relationships and fosters an inclusive world where everyone can find belonging.