Engineering Manager - Internal Developer Experience

Engineering Manager - Internal Developer Experience

San Francisco Bay Area

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there's one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform : play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there's one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform : play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

We're looking for a technical, hands-on, and mission-driven Engineering Manager to lead an experienced Internal Developer Experience (IDX) team. As the manager responsible for the IDX team reporting into the Senior Manager, Platform Engineering, you will have enormous impact by working directly with engineering teams and departments to remove friction and generate compounding leverage.

This team's mission is provide dependable tools : effective primitives that empower engineering teams to accelerate development and delivery. If you are motivated by building developer tools, solving complex build issues with reusable solutions, and lead with empathy in everything you do, then read on!

What you'll be doing

• Lead a team of seven engaged engineers : building autonomy, mastery, and purpose
• Work with internal engineering teams to understand their pain points and set a clear vision to improve the effectiveness of the software development lifecycle
• Build new developer experiences while balancing prioritization of our existing systems such as dev environments, build and test tooling, CI, and client release tooling
• Support the design and delivery of elegant build systems to produce minimized and easy-to-deploy container builds for customers all over Discord
• Own and improve the operational health and processes of our team, including our internal helpdesk

Who You Are

Bonus Points

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. 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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