Engineering at Discord with Justin Beckwith

Podcast Tuesday, December 10 2024

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Discord is a popular communication and streaming platform that was originally launched in 2015. It was first popularized in the gaming space, but its user base has grown to include a broad array of communities, businesses, and social groups.

Justin Beckwith is the Director of Engineering at Discord. He leads engineering for the Platform Ecosystem organization and has played a pivotal role in developing Discord’s Embedded App SDK. Justin joins the podcast with Sean Falconer to talk about leading engineering at Discord.

Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.

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