Software Engineer, Notifications

Name: RiseMe
Availability: InStock

San Francisco, CAOnsiteFull Time$160,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

Python
Elixir
Typescript
notifications
quality
user experience
customer-focused

Nice to have

Discord user
growth team
machine learning

Role summary

Discord is seeking a Software Engineer for their Notifications squad. This role involves working across client experiences, infrastructure, and machine learning to ensure high-value notifications. Responsibilities include owning projects end-to-end, focusing on user experience and quality, building a notification platform, optimizing signals with ML engineers, and maintaining operational health. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience, proficiency in Python, Elixir, or Typescript, a track record of reliable delivery, and a quality-first mindset. Preferred qualifications include experience with notifications, growth teams, or being a Discord user.

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.

The Notifications squad is a multidisciplinary group of engineers working across client experiences, infrastructure, and machine learning to make sure every notification Discord sends is high signal and high value. As a Software Engineer on Notifications, you'll own well-defined projects end-to-end, sweat the details of a great user experience, and grow your craft alongside a team that ships reliably and cares deeply about quality. This person will report to the Senior Engineering Manager for Growth.

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

2+ years of professional software engineering experience

Proficiency in one or more of Python, Elixir, or Typescript with eagerness to learn new languages and skills

A track record of delivering high quality software reliably and on time

Attention to detail and a quality-first mindset: you sweat the right details and catch your own bugs before they reach customers

You are motivated to help your team members succeed, grow, and learn from each other through empathetic feedback

A customer-focused approach and comfort working toward clear, measurable team goals

Bonus Points

You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications

You have previously worked on notifications or been a part of a growth team

The base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. This position will also be eligible for equity and 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 role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

Base Salary$160,000—$200,000 USD

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!

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Sample Discord interview questions

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Design a distributed task scheduler.
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2
Implement a system for live processing of customer reviews and feedback.
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3
Build a Discord-like Chat Server
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4
Find the minimum path sum from top-left to bottom-right in a grid. Input: grid = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]] Output: 12 Explanation: The optimal path moves along 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 6, resulting in a minimum accumulated sum of 12.
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