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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer, Front-End Infrastructure - **Company:** Discord Inc. - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $196,000.0 - $220,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, JavaScript (Programming Language), Cloud Storage, Continuous Integration, Web Development, Human-Computer Interaction, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Package Management Systems, Software Deployment, TypeScript, Web Platforms, Rust (Programming Language), Javascript Build, Swift (Programming Language), Technical Debt, Kotlin, Cloudflare, React Native, Front End Software Development, Discord, Code Restructuring, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** June 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c33e4021d44d02b2 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Tooling?, * 3+ years of working with JavaScript tools and the Node.js ecosystem. * Familiarity with and a desire to work across multiple programming languages (generally including JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, Kotlin, Go, and Swift). * Experience developing and maintaining CLI tools and packages in JavaScript. * A strong sense for writing maintainable code and deliberately documenting for the future. * Understanding of all of the tools involved in frontend development and how they work together. Bonus Points: * Familiarity and experience with localization in frontend applications. * Familiarity with React Native, related tools (Metro, Hermes), and bridging between JavaScript and native code. * Experience with directly maintaining or writing plugins for tools like bundlers, linters, or formatters in any language. * Experience with CI/CD orchestration, Cloudflare workers, cloud storage providers, and other application deployment processes. ## Description Our Web Platform team is responsible for building and maintaining the critical systems that power Discord's frontend development across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. These systems support hundreds of engineers daily, process thousands of builds and deployments, and enable rapid feature delivery through robust tooling infrastructure. Through developing and operating foundational JavaScript build systems - including linters, bundlers, package managers, and CI/CD automation - our work allows internal developers to ship features quickly and safely while ensuring optimal performance, correctness, and developer ergonomics. This team also owns the localization and translation systems that power the strings and copy found across all of our apps and platforms. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will continuously improve our build tooling, developer workflows, and infrastructure - affecting the productivity of every frontend engineer at Discord and ultimately every user interaction on the platform! What You'll Be Doing: * Building and maintaining the tools, pipelines, and processes that keep frontend development at Discord fast, safe, and reliable. * Becoming an expert in JavaScript tooling and serving as a resource to help teams solve any and all problems they encounter during development. * Refactoring and upgrading the codebase to pay down tech debt, keep up with the state of the art in web development, and drive progress toward better maintainability. * Writing new and unique tools based on the specific needs of Discord's frontend projects to make everything Just Work. * Digging deep into bundlers, linters, formatters, editor plugins, and more to optimize their performance, adopt and test new features early on, and continuously improve the experience for the developers using them. ## Related Videos - [Developer Marketing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1049-developer-marketing) - [Kotlin Multiplatform - True power of native code reuse](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/4-kotlin-multiplatform-true-power-of-native-code-reuse) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [But, you're not Facebook](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/378-but-you-re-not-facebook) - [The ABC of DX](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/727-the-abc-of-dx) - [Why Kotlin is the better Java and how you can start using it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/661-why-kotlin-is-the-better-java-and-how-you-can-start-using-it) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 131 - AI'm not sure about OSS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/472-dev-digest-131-ai-m-not-sure-about-oss) - [Dev Digest 103 - Superb Owl Trafficking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/388-dev-digest-103-superb-owl-trafficking) - [Dev Digest 118 - not a total recall](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/452-dev-digest-118-not-a-total-recall) - [Dev Digest 129 - Now that's what I call private data!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/468-dev-digest-129-now-that-s-what-i-call-private-data)