Discord is looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead their commerce platform and on-platform player experience teams. The goal is to build out Discord's commerce strategy, enabling game developers to manage shop queues and facilitate purchases through Discord, thereby enhancing player engagement and making Discord the platform for all gamers and games.
Requirements
- You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a strong technical foundation
- You have 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager and have successfully managed groups of 3+ Engineering Managers and 15+ Software Engineers
- You have 2+ years of experience managing other Managers
- You have experience hiring and growing senior leaders and managers
- You are passionate about coaching and leading other engineers, but remain technically hands-on enough to engage in architecture discussions and lead conversations with technical directors at game companies
- You understand the mindset of developers and have experience building products or platforms for developer audiences
- Experience building commerce platforms, microtransaction systems, or web shops at scale
- Background building out revenue-generating infrastructure that supports high-volume transactions
- SDK design or platform API experience
Responsibilities
- Build and lead multiple teams focused on commerce platform development and the in-Discord player experience by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact
- Define and drive our commerce platform strategy from the ground up, including organizing existing team members and building out new capabilities to support game developers in managing shop queues and enabling purchases through Discord
- Partner closely with major publishers and large game developers to drive adoption of our platform, understanding the entire customer lifecycle journey and building tools that create value for developers, Discord, and players
- Use your technical expertise to build high-performance engineering teams capable of supporting a commerce platform at scale
- Work with other Engineering leaders to continuously improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy
Other
- Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties).
- For this role, the hiring manager would like folks to be in the office 2-3 days per week.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Join us in our mission!
- Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
