Senior Software Engineer - Notifications

Discord

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• Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and optimizing Discord's notification system, which is critical for keeping 200+ million users connected across the platform • Develop full-stack solutions spanning client experiences, backend infrastructure, and machine learning to ensure notifications are high-quality and high-value while maintaining platform health • Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in Python/Typescript/Swift/Kotlin, strong product sense, and ability to work across the full stack in a data-driven environment • Collaborate cross-functionally with ML engineers, product, and design teams to balance notification quality, delivery speed, and user impact while managing complex infrastructure • Compensation: $196,000-$220,000 base salary plus equity and benefits; bonus points for Discord familiarity and prior experience building notification orchestration systems

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.

We're looking for a highly motivated, mission-focused Senior Software Engineer to join the Notifications team at Discord. Notifications are a business critical function for helping users remain connected on our platform. The Notifications squad is a multidiscipline group of engineers that work across user experiences, infrastructure, and machine learning problems to ensure notifications from Discord are high signal and high value at all times.

We’re looking for a full stack data-driven engineer with strong product sense to join our team. As a member of Notifications, you will work in a highly collaborative environment to tackle complex problems on every part of the stack.

What You'll Be Doing

Improve client device experiences for receiving notifications and tailoring notification preferences
Build the platform that enables all other teams in the company to send delightful notifications while delivering the maximum value to our users.
Pair with Machine Learning engineers to optimize global notification signals and quality.
Maintain a high quality bar for our platform’s operational health and client performance
Pair with Product and Design leads to find the right solutions that balance delight, speed of delivery and impact

What you should have

You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
You have experience in teams operating complex infrastructure or unique product needs
You are eager to learn new languages and frameworks, and are comfortable working across the full stack when needed
You’ve worked in 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, grow, and learn from each other through empathetic feedback
Expertise in Python, Typescript, Swift, Kotlin and/or other languages involved in notifications development

Bonus Points

You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications
You have previously built a notifications orchestration system

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. 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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Skills

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Company:
Discord
Location:
San Francisco Bay Area
Job Type:
Full-Time
Experience Level:
Senior
Source:
Greenhouse
Status:
Active

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