Does Discord sponsor visas — and what does it pay?
Discord filed 34 certified labour condition applications with the US Department of Labor between 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026, covering 34 worker positions. Every wage below is a figure Discord put in front of a federal agency, not a number from a job advert.
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2026 Q3 disclosure data
Read both columns together. Paying the prevailing wage is legal and normal — it is the floor Congress set, not a loophole. The employer also chooses the wage level (I–IV) on the form, and a senior level carries a higher floor, so a wide margin above the floor can reflect the level selected rather than generosity. Read the two columns together, and treat neither as evidence of wrongdoing.
$260k
Median wage filed
$189k
Median legal floor
38%
Above the floor
34
Certified filings
How close to the legal minimum?
Of 34 certified filings, 0 (0%) were at or within 1% of the prevailing wage — the lowest figure Discord was legally permitted to offer for that role, in that location, at that skill level. Nationally the figure is 41%.
Wage levels selected
The employer chooses this level on the form, and it sets the legal floor. Level I is entry, Level IV is fully competent.
| Level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 6 | 18% |
| Level III | 7 | 21% |
| Level IV | 21 | 62% |
Most-filed job titles
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 7 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 6 |
| Senior Product Designer | 3 |
| Software Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Data Engineer | 2 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 2 |
| Data Scientist | 2 |
| Staff Engineer | 1 |
| Staff Data Scientist | 1 |
| Pricing and Yield Management Lead | 1 |
| Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Senior Privacy Manager | 1 |
Where the work is
| Worksite | Filings |
|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | 33 |
| Cambridge, MA | 1 |
Open roles at Discord right now
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer, Engagement new | San Francisco Bay Area | Product Engineering | $196k – $245k |
| IT Ops Engineer, Networking new | San Francisco Bay Area | IT & Corporate Security | today |
| IT Ops Engineer new | San Francisco Bay Area | IT & Corporate Security | today |
| 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 |
| Sales Operations Manager | San Francisco Bay Area | Customer Success & Ops | 14 days ago |
| Marketing Program Manager | San Francisco Bay Area | Customer Success & Ops | 16 days ago |
| 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 |
Checking this yourself. The FY2026 file is a public download from the Department of Labor. Search it for “Discord, Inc.”. Figures here cover certified applications only; withdrawn and denied applications are excluded.
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