Engineering Manager (Notifications)

Join Discord, a platform used by over 200 million people monthly, primarily for gaming. As an Engineering Manager for the Notifications team, you will lead a group of full-stack engineers in building and operating the notifications platform. You will set the technical direction, partner with various teams, and drive continuous improvement in notification engagement and retention. This role offers a flexible work model, competitive compensation, health benefits, family support, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

• Lead a team of full-stack engineers to build and operate the notifications platform, ensuring systems scale reliably as volume and complexity grow.
• Set technical direction for notifications infrastructure and partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Marketing to define and execute the notifications roadmap.
• Drive continuous improvement in notification engagement, retention, and long-term user trust through experimentation and metrics.
• Ability to drive a culture of 80/20 thinking, fast iteration, and high-quality delivery
• A track record of growing engineers and helping team members succeed
• Strong ownership mindset — you stay close to the technical decisions your team makes and can discuss them in depth with anyone at Discord
• 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
• Comfort owning production systems built on technologies like Elixir, Python, pubsub/streaming pipelines, and Kubernetes, with strong intuition for reliability, throughput, and cost at scale
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with significant time building and operating backend or infrastructure systems at scale
• Experience collaborating closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define and ship solutions
• Experience leading teams that own shared platforms or primitives consumed by other engineering teams
• Experience shipping push notifications or other re-engagement systems at consumer scale, including familiarity with deliverability, throttling, and policy considerations
• Strong track record of driving measurable impact through experimentation and data-driven decision making
• Full-stack experience across both frontend and backend development
• Demonstrated success driving engagement and long-term retention through messaging or re-engagement surfaces
• You understand the gaming industry
• You're a Discord user and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications