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Staff Software Engineer - Desktop Platform

Discord

$248,000 - $279,000
Jun 10, 2025
San Francisco, CA, US • San Francisco, CA, US
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To improve the technical foundation of Discord's client experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux for millions of users.

Requirements

  • 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 desktop performance and are excited by the challenge of delivering an incredible product to 200 million users.
  • Experience with Electron, C++, Objective-C++, Rust and Typescript.
  • Experience with Objective-C++, JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python.
  • Comfortable reading and writing code in large existing codebases
  • Experience with Windows operating system APIs

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 working on large, cross-platform desktop applications.
  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a track record of diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues.
  • You understand observability and monitoring and leverages this to solve system issues.
  • You excel in undefined environments and get excited about finding solutions to complex technical challenges