Staff Software Engineer, E-Commerce Platform

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer, E-Commerce Platform

Company: Discord

Location: San Francisco, CA or Remote (U.S. only)

Employment Type: Full-time

About Discord:

With over 200 million monthly users, Discord is a leading platform where people connect through gaming, communities, and shared interests. Over 90% of users play video games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours monthly on thousands of titles. As we continue to grow, we are expanding our e-commerce capabilities to improve shopping experiences, content recommendations, and promotional offers—all while keeping Discord’s core functionality free.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer, E-Commerce Platform to scale our commerce operations, ensuring seamless shopping experiences while enabling new monetization opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• E-Commerce Platform Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of scalable product catalog data modeling to enhance shopping, content recommendations, and promotions.
• Strategic Growth Partner: Collaborate with engineering, product, and leadership teams to scale revenue operations and develop new business lines.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Product, Design, CX, Data Science, and feature teams to evolve Discord’s commerce platform and expand its capabilities.
• Monetization Enablement: Provide tools and platform support for feature teams to develop new monetization products.
• System Reliability & Performance: Improve scalability, observability, and stability of Discord’s commerce systems for high-throughput, low-latency operations.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required:

• 8+ years of industry experience (at least 4+ years in relevant e-commerce platform roles).
• Expertise in e-commerce platforms, including product catalogs, content management, pricing, promotions, and discounts.
• Experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems that power large-scale commerce flows.
• Strong backend engineering and data experience, with proficiency in:
• Backend Frameworks: Python (Flask or similar)
• Cloud Infrastructure: GCP
• Databases & Analytics: Postgres, BigQuery, Looker, Mode
• Observability Tools: Datadog
• A growth mindset with a focus on continuous learning and improvement.
• Strong sense of ownership, ensuring end-to-end problem-solving.
• Experience mentoring engineers and guiding architecture, API design, and data modeling.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Base salary: $223,000 - $245,500 (USD)
• Equity grants
• Comprehensive benefits package (health, retirement plans, paid time off, parental leave, and more)
• Remote-friendly work environment (U.S. only)
• Opportunities for career growth in a fast-scaling company

Why Join Discord?

Discord is shaping the future of gaming and online communities. Our mission is to build meaningful connections through engaging, high-quality experiences. If you’re passionate about e-commerce, engineering excellence, and gaming culture, this is the role for you.

📌 Apply today and help us shape the next generation of digital commerce at Discord!