Senior Software Engineer, Growth

Discord•San Francisco, CA

3d•$196,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Growth team. This team is responsible for how new users discover, understand, and begin using Discord, from their initial encounter with the platform to becoming engaged members. The role involves working across the full stack to build systems that scale user acquisition and activation, improving Discord's web presence and designing in-product experiences to help new users. This is a high-impact position that directly influences Discord's growth. The engineer will report to the Senior Engineering Manager for Growth.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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