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Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games. At Discord, we believe everyone can find a place where they belong. Our mission is to help make it easy for everyone to find and join meaningful conversations and to make every part of our product feel smart and delightful. Discord is a rapidly scaling company that puts Data at the heart of its decision-making and future growth. The Experimentation team at Discord is responsible for building the tools, systems, and processes that empower Discord employees to continually test hypotheses and improve our product in a data-informed way. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of Discord's next-generation experimentation platform, including building state-of-the-art AI assisted experimentation workflows. You will lead and mentor engineers, fostering their growth and enhancing their skills. What you'll be doing Design, build, and support Discord's next generation experimentation platform: scope of work would include core services, data pipelines, configuration tooling, statistical analysis tools and UX. Collaborate with external (sometimes non-technical) stakeholders and customers throughout the company Understand and influence product telemetry practices to support experimentation needs. Use your technical expertise to build delightful user experience and high-scale data systems that power internal teams and product features used by many millions of users every day Deliver business results by collaborating with stakeholders across Discord to experiment on features, machine learning models and more. What you should have You have 7+ years of experience as a full-stack SWE You have built internal tools, and are familiar with A/B testing and statistical frameworks. You have experience with experimentation tooling; experience building core parts of experimentation platforms from scratch is a huge plus. You have extensive experience leading complex technical projects with successful outcomes; you can take a high-level goal and achieve a shippable solution You have built systems with strong data governance controls that respect privacy and security principles. You are proficient in Python and SQL. Experience with Typescript or Rust is a plus. Experience and with and/or exposure to a variety of datastores (relational, NoSQL, data warehouse solutions) Strong product sense and communication skills - you understand your customers and work well cross-functionally. A track record of developing engineers at multiple levels, and a habit of tracking industry trends to bring new techniques to technical problems. Bonus Points Experience building human-in-the-loop AI systems and AI product evaluation. Experience with cloud-computing platforms such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS. Experience with modern data processing stacks. Full-stack development or product engineering experience. Deep understanding of statistics, data science, or large scale data processing. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + 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. Why Discord? Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away! Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know. Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.