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.
Discord is looking for a highly technical, creative, hands-on, and empathetic Engineering Manager for our Social Layer of Gaming team. This team is building tools for game developers to harness the power of Discord and put that right into their games. We believe that gaming is better when playing with your friends and aim to foster better and deeper relationships through that. This is also reflected in how we work! Our engineering culture believes that great teams are built through collaboration and trust. Come and join us!
We’ve built a pretty great SDK and have a lot more work to do! We’re expanding its functionality, bringing it to more platforms, and adding support for more engines. This work is a key endeavor for Discord and is nestled deeply into our company strategy.
What You'll Be Doing
- Build highly-engaged teams by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact in your engineers.
- Work cross-functionally with other engineering teams, Product, Design, Global Partnerships, and Marketing to define your team’s vision and roadmap by understanding the needs of Game Developers and their players.
- Collaborate on designing scalable technical solutions, and help to set the technical strategy of our SDK’s architecture.
- Collaborate with your engineers to continually raise the bar and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at the high technical level we set.
- Find the right degree of process that makes your team productive and reach greater heights.
- Mentor and guide the careers of the engineers through coaching and finding opportunities that support their technical skills and goals.
- Partner with your senior manager on strategic planning and to improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy.
What you should have
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
- 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager.
- Experience building C++ SDKs either as an engineer or manager.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work well cross-functionally. You have opinions but can discuss them generously with other people with all kinds of backgrounds.
- Comfortability with ambiguity and are excited about working collaboratively to figure out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on them.
- Motivation to help your team members succeed and experience growing engineers.
- A holistic approach to problem solving. You believe in solving a problem from first principles rather than simply shipping a solution. You learn from your mistakes and work through obstacles with the rest of the team.
Bonus Points
- You have some experience with game development. Bonus bonus points if you have experience with Unreal or Unity.
- You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications
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The US base salary range for this full-time position is $223,000 to $268,000 + 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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What We Do
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.
Why Work With Us
Imagine a workplace that not only tolerates but celebrates the unique perspectives each and every person brings to it. One that is representative of the world we want to live, play and work in. Well, imagine no more. Just as Discord gives everyone the power to belong, we are building a workplace that is welcoming and inclusive from the inside out.
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