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Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Developer Success

Join Discord as a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to enhance tools for game developers and improve gaming experiences.

Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Compensation
$196k–$220.5k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time

Posted by employer 4 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago

Last verified on the company career page 17 hours ago

Skills & Technologies

What you'll build

  • Deliver high-quality projects for game developers
  • Collaborate with engineers to write scalable code
  • Lead projects through the whole life cycle
  • Work with game developer partners to improve tools
  • Maintain performance and reliability standards

Must have

  • 5+ years professional experience as a software engineer
  • Experience with Python and TypeScript/React
  • Experience building large data based applications

Nice to have

  • Experience working with scale
  • Experience with mobile development
  • Experience leveraging a cloud platform
  • Experience with game development

AI in the day-to-day

You actively leverage AI coding tools to accelerate your productivity.

Requirements

Experience
5+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Equity/Stock Options

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer on the Developer Success team at Discord focuses on delivering impactful projects that enhance tools for game developers, including APIs and SDKs. Proficiency in Python and Typescript/React is essential, along with experience in large data applications and a collaborative mindset for cross-functional teamwork. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a holistic approach to problem-solving and a passion for gaming, as they will engage directly with developer partners to refine tools and features.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze September 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Discord's careers page September 19, 2026.
  • Salary band is above the typical range for Fullstack roles (median ~$165,500).
  • Starts above 78% of 98 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States that list React we track (median $170,000 across 53 companies). See React salary trends
  • React appears in 72.4% of 221 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States; Elixir appears in 1.4% of 221 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?
Discord lists $196,000–$220,500 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Developer Success role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Elixir, Python, React, Rust, TypeScript.
What seniority level is this role?
Discord targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Developer Success role at Discord.

From the original posting

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.

The Developer Success team is building the tools for game developers to make that happen by harnessing the power of Discord in their games and in their communities. 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!

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Delivering high-quality, high-impact projects that unlock new capabilities for game developers. This could include anything from our APIs, the Discord app, developer portal, realtime infrastructure, or even our C++ SDKs. Whatever it takes to get the important thing done.
  • Collaborating with the other engineers on your team to write, review, and ship elegant and scalable code. You take pride in the fact that your code will be used by millions and millions of people!
  • Leading projects through the whole life cycle: from gathering requirements, breaking down milestones into smaller pieces, building, then shipping the thing.
  • Listening and working with our game developer partners to better understand their needs in order to improve our tools. This could mean hopping into partner meetings with our Solutions Engineers or working with our DevRel team to answer their questions.
  • Working with product managers, designers, and partner managers to cut through ambiguity and find the way forward.
  • Maintaining performance and reliability standards for our features.
  • Using your attention to detail to continually raise the quality bar of the software we write.

What you should have:

  • 5+ years professional experience as a software engineer.
  • Experience with some parts of our tech stack. This is mainly Python and Typescript/React, but could include Elixir, Rust, or C++. You are comfortable switching across stacks or learning new ones.
  • Experience building software that leverages large data based applications. Data plays a huge part in the work that we do and how we support our developer partners.
  • You have a sense for product and design. We don’t operate in silos, and you’ll be collaborating closely with cross-functional peers. You should be able to express opinions and collaborate to make something great.
  • 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.
  • You actively leverage AI coding tools to accelerate your productivity.

Bonus Points

  • Experience working with scale.
  • Experience with mobile development.
  • Direct experience leveraging a cloud platform (eg GCP, Amazon, or Azure) to serve as the backend infrastructure for a product.
  • Bonus bonus points: Experience with game development.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + 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?

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