Discord salary data
Discord publishes pay ranges on 73 of its open roles. These are the company's own published figures, not estimates or crowd-sourced guesses.
Last checked 02 October 2026
$220k
Median midpoint
$116k
Lowest published
$550k
Highest published
73
Roles with pay
Pay by role at Discord
| Role | Openings | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 33 | $160k | $341k |
| Engineering Manager | 5 | $248k | $341k |
| Product Designer | 4 | $148k | $212k |
| Data Engineer | 3 | $180k | $279k |
| Analyst | 3 | $144k | $216k |
| Project & Program Manager | 3 | $160k | $288k |
| Data Scientist | 3 | $160k | $310k |
| Manager | 2 | $180k | $275k |
| Operations | 2 | $192k | $216k |
| Developer | 2 | $192k | $380k |
Where this comes from. Every figure is taken from Discord's own job board and recorded each day. When a range changes, we keep both the old number and the new one — which is how you can see pay moving rather than just where it stands today.
Roles with published pay
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer, Engagement new | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Senior Product Designer, Design Systems new | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Design | $188k – $212k |
| Software Engineer, Consumer Revenue | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $160k – $200k |
| Senior Data Science Manager, Developer Platform | San Francisco Bay Area | Data Science & Engineering | $342k – $380k |
| Data Scientist - Client Platform | San Francisco Bay Area | Data Science & Engineering | $160k – $200k |
| Staff Technical Program Manager, Security + IT | San Francisco Bay Area | Office of the CTO | $248k – $279k |
| Graphic Designer & Illustrator | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Design | $116k – $130k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Consumer Revenue) | San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.) | Product Engineering | $272k – $340k |
| Software Engineer, Safety Processing | San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.) | Developers | $160k – $220k |
| Senior Staff Program Manager, Creator Partnerships | San Francisco Bay Area | Business Marketing | $256k – $288k |
| Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience | San Francisco Bay Area | Developers | $196k – $245k |
| Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Developer Success | San Francisco Bay Area | Developers | $196k – $220k |
| Software Engineer, Distributed Systems | San Francisco Bay Area | Core Tech Engineering | $180k – $220k |
| Commercial Policy Lead | San Francisco Bay Area | Policy | $192k – $216k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Safety) | San Francisco Bay Area | Developers | $220k – $275k |
| Software Engineer, Notifications | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $160k – $200k |
| Senior Platform Security Engineer | San Francisco Bay Area | Security Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Payments & Fraud Analyst | San Francisco Bay Area | Operations Support | $144k – $162k |
| Senior Product Design Manager, Growth | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Design | $272k – $306k |
| Staff Software Engineer - Consumer Revenue | Remote | Product Engineering | $248k – $310k |
| Senior Stock Administrator | San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.) | Accounting | $132k – $148k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Safety Experience | San Francisco Bay Area | Developers | $248k – $310k |
| Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (Safety) | San Francisco Bay Area (or Remote U.S.) | Developers | $272k – $340k |
| Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference + Experimentation | San Francisco Bay Area | Data Science & Engineering | $220k – $245k |
| Senior Product Designer, Consumer Revenue | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Design | $188k – $212k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform | Remote (U.S.) | Data Science & Engineering | $248k – $279k |
| Staff Data Scientist, Causal Inference & Experimentation | San Francisco Bay Area | Data Science & Engineering | $279k – $310k |
| QA/DevOps Engineer | San Francisco Bay Area | Business Systems | $156k – $176k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform | San Francisco Bay Area | Core Tech Engineering | $220k – $270k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Ads | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Staff Data Engineer - Data Infrastructure | San Francisco Bay Area | Data Science & Engineering | $245k – $279k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Growth | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Platform | San Francisco Bay Area | IT & Corporate Security | $248k – $279k |
| Product Designer, Growth | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Design | $148k – $166k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Application Security | Remote (West Coast) | Security Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Ads | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Engineering Manager, Safety | San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Seattle Area, Greater Los Angeles Area (U.S.) | Developers | $279k – $310k |
| Engineering Manager, Platform Security | Remote (West Coast) | Security Engineering | $248k – $310k |
| Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Growth | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Senior Salesforce Technical Lead | San Francisco Bay Area | Business Systems | $192k – $216k |
| Strategic Finance | San Francisco Bay Area | Finance | $116k – $130k |
| Senior Product Designer, Developer Success | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Design | $188k – $212k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Safety Processing | San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles Area | Developers | $220k – $270k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform | San Francisco, CA | Core Tech Engineering | $279k – $341k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Revenue | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| Senior Data Engineer, Ads | San Francisco Bay Area | Data Science & Engineering | $220k – $245k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Safety Processing | San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles Area | Developers | $279k – $341k |
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