Discord
Gaming
EngineeringManager,Notifications
“Engineering Manager, Notifications at Discord. Skills: Notifications platform ownership, backend and infrastructure systems at scale, team leadership, technical direction setting, collaboration with cross-functional teams. Lead a team of full-stack engineers building and operating the notifications platform. Set technical direction for notifications infrastructure”
What You'll Achieve.
notification engagement; retention; long-term user trust; growing engineers; helping team members succeed; driving measurable impact through experimentation and data-driven decision making; driving engagement and long-term retention through messaging or re-engagement surfaces
Industry & Context.
intuition for reliability, throughput, and cost at scale
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, significant time building and operating backend or infrastructure systems at scale, 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, Comfort owning production systems built on technologies like Elixir, Python, pubsub/streaming pipelines, and Kubernetes, intuition for reliability, throughput, and cost at scale, Experience collaborating closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define and ship solutions, A track record of growing engineers and helping team members succeed, ownership mindset
Nice to Have
Experience leading teams that own shared platforms or primitives consumed by other engineering teams, Experience shipping push notifications or other re-engagement systems at consumer scale, familiarity with deliverability, throttling, and policy considerations, Full-stack experience across both frontend and backend development, track record of driving measurable impact through experimentation and data-driven decision making, Demonstrated success driving engagement and long-term retention through messaging or re-engagement surfaces, You understand the gaming industry, You're a Discord user and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications
What You'll Do.
Lead a team of full-stack engineers building and operating the notifications platform
Set technical direction for notifications infrastructure
ensure systems scale reliably
and Marketing to define and execute the notifications roadmap
Use experimentation and metrics to drive continuous improvement
Build a high-performing team through hiring
and instilling engineering best practices
Partner with platform consumers across Discord to evolve the primitives other teams depend on
Partner with engineering leadership on strategic planning and organizational improvement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborating closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define and ship solutions; Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Marketing to define and execute the notifications roadmap; Partner with platform consumers across Discord to evolve the primitives other teams depend on to reach our users; Partner with engineering leadership on strategic planning and organizational improvement
Process & Methodology
define and execute the notifications roadmap
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