Founded in 2015, 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.

And we're hiring! If this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us.

Discord

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.

We're looking for a technical, hands-on, and infrastructure-minded Engineering Manager to lead our Notifications team within the Growth organization. Notifications is a full-stack team owning the platform and infrastructure that powers every notification Discord sends, the orchestration layer that optimizes notifications globally across types, the in-app notifications center, and the user-facing settings and client experience. You will lead a team of full-stack engineers operating business-critical systems that fan out to hundreds of millions of users while shipping the re-engagement surfaces that bring them back.

This role reports to the Senior Engineering Manager of Growth.

What You'll Be Doing

Lead a team of full-stack engineers building and operating the notifications platform — Elixir services, Python backends, pubsub pipelines, and the Kubernetes infrastructure underneath themSet technical direction for notifications infrastructure and ensure systems scale reliably as volume and complexity growPartner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Marketing to define and execute the notifications roadmapUse experimentation and metrics to drive continuous improvement in notification engagement, retention, and long-term user trustBuild a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, and instilling engineering best practicesPartner with platform consumers across Discord to evolve the primitives other teams depend on to reach our usersPartner with engineering leadership on strategic planning and organizational improvement

What You Should Have

5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with significant time building and operating backend or infrastructure systems at scale2+ years of experience as an Engineering ManagerComfort owning production systems built on technologies like Elixir, Python, pubsub/streaming pipelines, and Kubernetes, with strong intuition for reliability, throughput, and cost at scaleExperience collaborating closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define and ship solutionsA track record of growing engineers and helping team members succeedStrong ownership mindset — you stay close to the technical decisions your team makes and can discuss them in depth with anyone at DiscordAbility to drive a culture of 80/20 thinking, fast iteration, and high-quality delivery

Bonus points

Experience leading teams that own shared platforms or primitives consumed by other engineering teamsExperience shipping push notifications or other re-engagement systems at consumer scale, including familiarity with deliverability, throttling, and policy considerationsFull-stack experience across both frontend and backend developmentStrong track record of driving measurable impact through experimentation and data-driven decision makingDemonstrated success driving engagement and long-term retention through messaging or re-engagement surfacesYou understand the gaming industryYou're a Discord user and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $341,000 + 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!

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Engineering Manager, Notifications

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