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.
The machine learning platform (MLP) at Discord is responsible for the end to end model lifecycle across all ML applications. We sit at the intersection of machine learning engineers (MLEs), core infrastructure, and ML consumers to provide tools, capabilities, and services that make machine learning easy, safe, and widely accessible. In this role, you will lead a high-performing team of engineers as you build, extend, and maintain critical ML systems that power everything from user facing recommendations and safety to revenue optimization and business insights. This role reports to our Senior Director of AI and Machine Learning, Chris Harland.
What You'll Be Doing
- Drive engineering execution within the MLP team on a regular basis
- Craft, communicate, and execute on the team’s vision and roadmap in partnership with our platform PM
- Collaborate with core infrastructure and data platform to make sound, first-principle decisions
- Partner with product engineering teams to ensure high quality, efficient delivery of model outputs into production
- Work closely with MLEs to create an ergonomic workflow as a paved path that maintains some flexibility
- Act as a strong summarizer that is able to make tradeoffs among priorities to ensure consistent, high-quality deliver
What you should have
- 3+ years of experience managing a team of engineers delivering data products
- 5+ years of experience as a software or machine learning engineer
- Demonstrated experience building ML products from 0 -> 1
- Strong execution skills to keep work on track
- A healthy balance between digging into code/architecture and leading through others
- A bias towards quantitative measure of progress and performance
- Demonstrated experience managing and growing engineers up to and through the staff level
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The US base salary range for this full-time position is $290,000 to $318,800 + 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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What We Do
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.
Why Work With Us
Imagine a workplace that not only tolerates but celebrates the unique perspectives each and every person brings to it. One that is representative of the world we want to live, play and work in. Well, imagine no more. Just as Discord gives everyone the power to belong, we are building a workplace that is welcoming and inclusive from the inside out.
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