Discord

Discord Employee Benefits & Work Culture | Generous PTO, Hybrid Work & More
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Working at Discord

Where 200 million people connect every month — and where the people who build it are treated just as well.

200M+Monthly Users
36Days PTO/yr
$868MRaised
2015Founded
United States Generous PTO · 36 Days Hybrid Remote 201–1000 Employees Series D+ Funded

About Discord

Born in 2015, Discord started as a tool for gamers and became something far larger: the internet's home for communities. From global gaming guilds to study groups, fandoms, and friend circles, Discord powers real-time voice, video, and text communication for over 200 million people every month across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Headquartered in San Francisco with an office in Amsterdam, Discord's team doesn't just build the platform — they live on it. The mission is simple and enduring: make it easier and more fun for people to talk, hang out, and find belonging online.

Culture & Values

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Autonomy
Leadership sets the destination and the reasoning. Then teams are trusted to figure out how to get there — with full ownership over their craft.
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Mastery
Continuous, real-time feedback creates a culture of rapid growth. Raising the bar is everyone's responsibility, not just management's.
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Purpose
Every engineer, designer, and PM cares deeply about making Discord the best place to play and connect — because they use it themselves.
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Compassion
Supporting the whole person — mental health, family, personal goals — enables sustainable, high-quality output. Burnout is not a badge of honour here.

Time Off Policy

~36 days of paid time off, every year.

20Annual PTO
11Public Holidays
5Winter Week
+∞ Flexible sick time included — mental health days fully covered, no questions asked.

Employee Benefits

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Comprehensive HealthcareMedical, dental, vision — plus reproductive, gender-affirming and mental health coverage.
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Family Benefits12+ weeks parental leave. Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support included.
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EquityAll employees receive equity participation in the company.
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401(k) MatchingCompany-matched retirement savings for US-based employees.
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$375 Wellness StipendQuarterly wellness budget to spend however works best for you.
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Community Impact$1,000/year donation matching and paid volunteering time.
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Salary TransparencyPay ranges published on all US job postings.
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Leadership DevelopmentFormal training programmes and continuous feedback culture.

Tech Stack

Discord's engineering teams operate at extraordinary scale — handling real-time audio/video for hundreds of millions of concurrent users. The stack reflects both consumer-facing polish and deep infrastructure sophistication.

TypeScriptReactKotlinSwiftC++Objective-CWebRTC

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