Senior Software Engineer, Engagement

Discord is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Engagement in California. This is full-time work at Discord's location. The salary range published with the job is $196,000 to $245,000 a year.

Here is the role as Discord describes it.

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.

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.

We're looking for a highly motivated, mission-focused Senior Engineer to join our Engagement team. Engagement is responsible for improving the core value of Discord, including chatting, hanging out with friends, and expressing yourself. We work on improving core features like messaging, voice chat, user profiles, and app navigation. You will work across the full stack to build delightful and impactful features that are focused on making Discord the best place to play games and hangout with your friends online.

We’re looking for engineers that have strong product sense and are fearless in jumping between technical stacks. You’ll be working with highly experienced engineering peers and cross functional partners.

What You'll Be Doing

Building delightful products with a very high bar for quality, performance, and a focus on impact

Working with Product, Design, Data Science, UX Research, and Marketing to shape the team’s vision and roadmap

Helping find the right solutions that balance delight, speed of delivery, and impact by collaborating with design and product partners

You Will Thrive In This Role If

You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer

You have specialized in building consumer-facing products on web and mobile platforms

You have developed domain expertise in either web or mobile front-end (or both)

You are eager to learn new languages and frameworks, and are comfortable working across the full stack when needed

You have worked in a product team with clear metrics goals and had a measurable positive impact on customers

You have a strong product sense and take pride in sweating the details of great UX

You are motivated to help your team members succeed and grow and learn from each other through empathetic feedback

Bonus Points

You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications

You’ve worked on React Native products

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $245,000 + 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.

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Questions about this job

How much does this Senior Software Engineer, Engagement job pay?

Discord advertises $196,000 to $245,000 a year for this role.

Can I work remotely in this job?

No, it is an on-site job in California.

What does Discord look for in candidates?

The posting mentions at least 5 years of relevant experience and skills such as React. Read the full description above for the complete list.

How do I apply?

Use the apply button on this page. It takes you to Discord's own application form, so your CV goes directly to their hiring team.

Is this job still open?

Discord published the role on October 1, 2026. We check the employer's job board every day and take this page down when the role closes, so if you can read it, the job was still listed at our last check.

Source: Discord careers page (job-boards.greenhouse.io). Applications go straight to the employer. We check the listing daily and remove it once it closes.