Senior Developer Advocate, Discord

• 5+ years of experience in developer advocacy, engineering, or other relevant technical experience
• Proven ability to discuss, explain, and write about complex technical subjects in simple, succinct language
• Experience writing a blog, creating YouTube videos, or other content
• Confidence presenting to different types of audiences, large and small, virtual and in-person
• A passion for delivering technical documentation that inspires other builders
• A strong understanding of API design principles and development best practices
• Proven ability to collect, analyze, and discuss data to set and track performance against goals
• Experience working within cross-functional teams
• Practical experience building games, or tools to support game developers (either professionally or as a hobby)
• Experience with at least one popular gaming platform like Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot

Desirable

• We recently made it easier than ever for developers to build and distribute the next great game on Discord
• We’re looking for a Senior Developer Advocate to help support, educate, and inspire our growing game developer community
• You will build meaningful relationships with our community by engaging with their questions and ideas, by speaking at events and workshops, and by communicating their feedback to the rest of the team
• Support platform developers by writing documentation, crafting best practices, and developing code samples or projects
• Be the voice that drives us to constantly improve the experience for game developers on Discord's developer platform
• Collaborate with our Engineering, Product, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams to highlight unique apps and use-cases, improve our developer experiences and grow the app ecosystem
• Host community events, lead technical workshops, deliver talks, and find delightful, unique ways to bring new game developers into the Discord developer ecosystem
• Be an expert resource for our developer community by continuously learning about our platform's capabilities and design patterns
• Work with the other stakeholders on the developer-facing teams to define how our team can best work with our developer community, including using insights you gather to directly influence our product roadmap

• Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision
• Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
• 16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days
• Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
• Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
• Volunteer time off
• A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups
• Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees

Total funding: $979.3m

Discord is an industry giant in the chat app space. The free platform has rapidly become one of the most popular services in the sector since being founded in 2015. It counts over 150 million active users in 19 million communities, successfully expanding beyond its original focus on video game players to become a broader social networking app and public forum.