Communities play a huge part in discord`s missionMillions of people come to discord every day to hang out in communities for all kinds of interests, from servers where thousands of harry potter fans connect and geek out, to servers where students practice speaking new languages with native speakers halfway across the world at the heart of communities are the admins and moderators who build and run themThe online communities group at discord is responsible for empowering these creators to build thriving spaces that many people call their second homeWe believe helping creators succeed is pivotal to creating more healthy communities discord is looking for a highly technical, creative, hands-on, and mission-focused engineering manager on our communities engagement team to partner with other teams across the organizationYou will be responsible for the engineers building out new exciting features used by millions of communities across discordThis role will own the creation and organization of this team to support our growth plans, including recruiting for the ics of those teams and ensuring their successWhat you`ll do build highly-engaged teams by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact in your engineersWork cross-functionally with our customer experience, product, design, and marketing teams to define your team’s vision and roadmap by thoroughly understanding the customer and business needsUse your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at the high technical level we setDevelop insights into issues slowing down the team and use it to develop processes that enable the team to deliver its goalsMentor and guide the careers of the engineers through coaching and finding opportunities that support their technical skillset and goalsMake sound decisions around resourcing, and make the rationale clear to partners and team membersPartner with revenue leadership on strategic planning and continuously improve the engineering organization while upholding our workplace philosophyWhat we look for you have 5+ years of experience as a software engineerYou have 2+ years of experience as a people managerYou have strong communication skills and the ability to work well cross-functionallyYou are motivated to help your team members succeed and have experience developing engineers of multiple levelsYou approach problems from first principlesYou are comfortable with ambiguity and get excited about working collaboratively to figure out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on themYou have a strong product sense and take pride in understanding your customersCode does not scare you, you are still an engineer even if you don`t do it all the timeYou keep up with the industry trends and can assess new technologies that can help us better solve problemsBenefits and perks comprehensive medical insurance including health, dental and vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures) mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends 19+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of pto, use-what-you-need sick days and volunteer time off paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits) generous stipends for headphones, your remote work setup, and lunch on a daily basis (while we’re all remote) flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid) a diverse slate of employee resource groups plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees about us discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and moreWith 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the worldDiscord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizationsIn a world of polarization, social curation, and loneliness, discord is working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsiderWe believe in the value of genuine human connection, which can so easily be lost onlineSo we’re building a space where everyone can find belonging from the inside outIf this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!
