Discord is looking to enhance the gaming experience for its users by building new features that help users connect and make friends through gaming on its platform.
Requirements
- Experience in Unity, Unreal or other game development software
- Experience with backend infrastructure required to scale to an indie-size userbase
- Experience with React, Python or other modern programming languages
- Experience integrating or deploying on Steam (or similar platforms)
- Experience using Epic Games Online Services, Steamworks API, Playfab
- Experience shipping a game on Xbox, Playstation or Nintendo Switch
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain features that help users connect and make friends through gaming on our platform, across desktop and mobile.
- Engage with partners and external developers to find opportunities, evaluate challenges and provide solutions for growing online communities and enriched gaming experiences.
- Collaborate with Engineers, Designers, Product, and Data Science to build engaging, fun, and trusted experiences, while experimenting and iterating on ideas that enhance user interactions.
- Partner with our Content, Marketing and ML teams to improve ranking and discovery systems, enabling users to find meaningful connections and relevant content.
- Build innovative features that help users discover new friendships and deepen existing ones, creating a trusted and welcoming environment.
Other
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Sense for product and design
- Ability to express opinions and collaborate to make something great
- Holistic approach to problem solving
- Ability to learn from mistakes and work through obstacles with the rest of the team
- US-based only
- Discord user and wants to make the product better
