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Staff Software Engineer - Desktop Platform

Discord

$248,000 - $279,000
Jun 10, 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

  • 8+ years experience as a software engineer working on large, cross-platform desktop applications
  • Expertise in Windows applications that interact with Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) and/or low-level graphics rendering
  • Strong technical depth with C++ and/or Rust
  • Experience with Electron
  • Experience with Objective-C++, JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python (bonus)
  • Experience with desktop performance and delivering high-quality products to large user bases

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain foundational components for Discord’s desktop clients, focusing on Discord’s In-Game Overlay
  • Interface directly with 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

  • 8+ years experience as a software engineer
  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a track record of diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues
  • Comfortable reading and writing code in large existing codebases
  • Excel in undefined environments and get excited about finding solutions to complex technical challenges
  • US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + equity + benefits