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Senior Software Engineer - Desktop Platform

Discord

$196,000 - $220,500
Jun 25, 2025
San Francisco, CA, US
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Discord is looking to improve its client experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux for its 200 million users.

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience as a software engineer working on large, cross-platform desktop applications.
  • Experience with desktop performance and Electron.
  • Expertise in either macOS or Windows applications.
  • Strong technical depth with C++ and/or Rust.
  • Experience with Objective-C++, JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python (preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain foundational components for Discord’s desktop clients.
  • Interface directly with macOS/Windows operating system APIs to leverage platform-specific capabilities.
  • Help drive engineering quality for desktop client performance, developing systems and processes to ensure quality can be optimized and sustainably maintained.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues using advanced debugging tools and techniques.
  • Support internal developers with desktop build environment and tooling.

Other

  • 5+ years experience as a software engineer working on large, cross-platform desktop applications.
  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a track record of diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues.
  • You excel in undefined environments and get excited about finding solutions to complex technical challenges (preferred).
  • Comfortable reading and writing code in large existing codebases (preferred).
  • Active in the Electron community, with contributions to open source or technical talks at conferences (preferred).
  • US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + equity + benefits.