Senior Software Engineer - Notifications

We're looking for a highly motivated, mission-focused Senior Software Engineer to join the Notifications team at Discord. Notifications are a business critical function for helping users remain connected on our platform. The Notifications squad is a multidiscipline group of engineers that work across user experiences, infrastructure, and machine learning problems to ensure notifications from Discord are high signal and high value at all times.

We're looking for a full stack data-driven engineer with strong product sense to join our team. As a member of Notifications, you will work in a highly collaborative environment to tackle complex problems on every part of the stack.

What You'll Be Doing

• Improve client device experiences for receiving notifications and tailoring notification preferences
• Build the platform that enables all other teams in the company to send delightful notifications while delivering the maximum value to our users.
• Pair with Machine Learning engineers to optimize global notification signals and quality.
• Maintain a high quality bar for our platform's operational health and client performance
• Pair with Product and Design leads to find the right solutions that balance delight, speed of delivery and impact

What you should have

• You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• You have experience in teams operating complex infrastructure or unique product needs
• You are eager to learn new languages and frameworks, and are comfortable working across the full stack when needed
• You've worked in team with clear metrics goals and had a measurable positive impact on customers
• You have a strong product sense and take pride in sweating the details of great UX
• You are motivated to help your team members succeed, grow, and learn from each other through empathetic feedback
• Expertise in Python, Typescript, Swift, Kotlin and/or other languages involved in notifications development

Bonus Points

• You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications
• You have previously built a notifications orchestration system

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.