Role at a glance
- Salary
- $196K – $245K/yr
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
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Role Summary
This Software Engineer will build the next generation of Discord’s data platform, processing petabytes of data across millions of users and supporting decisions for Discord’s gaming communities. The role focuses on scalable data infrastructure and products used by Discord engineers, data scientists, and product teams.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain data infrastructure processing petabytes of data across millions of users.
- Write clean, well-tested code for data ingestion, transformation, and serving systems.
- Own projects end-to-end from design through deployment and production support.
- Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to deliver solutions that power Discord’s insights.
- Challenge requirements, reduce unnecessary complexity, and deliver solutions at the right time.
- Mentor teammates through code reviews, RFCs, and shared technical knowledge.
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View full postingQualifications
5+ years of software engineering experience; strong programming skills in Python, Java, Rust, Go, or similar; experience building or operating data infrastructure including pipelines, streaming systems, orchestration, or data warehousing at scale; experience delivering complex, multi-phase projects autonomously.
Required
- Python, Java, Rust, Go, or similar programming skills
- Data infrastructure at scale, including pipelines, streaming systems, orchestration, or data warehousing
- Complex, multi-phase project delivery
Preferred
- Data governance
- Privacy compliance
- Cost optimization in large-scale data environments
Original job description
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Original job description
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Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
- Build and maintain data infrastructure processing petabytes of data across millions of users
- Write clean, well-tested code for data ingestion, transformation, and serving systems
- Own projects end-to-end. From design through deployment and production support
- Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to deliver solutions that power Discord's insights
- Apply 80/20 thinking to challenge requirements, cut unnecessary complexity, and deliver the optimal solution at the right time
- Mentor teammates through code reviews, RFCs, and shared technical knowledge that makes the whole team better
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong programming skills in Python, Java, Rust, Go, or similar
- Hands-on experience building or operating data infrastructure like pipelines, streaming systems, orchestration, or data warehousing at scale (BigQuery, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, Dagster, or similar)
- Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-phase projects autonomously. You've owned the hard ones and handled edge cases, failure modes, and scale before they became problems.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, including with XFN partners. You write clear technical documents, drive alignment, and bring people along on technical decisions
- Growth mindset. You’ve failed, learned, and shipped something better because of it
- Passion for Discord and gaming
- Familiarity with data governance, privacy compliance, or cost optimization in large-scale data environments
Why Discord?
Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!
Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
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About the company
Discord
Large Enterprise
Discord is a communication platform designed to facilitate online communities through voice, video, and text chat. Initially launched for gamers in 2015, it has since expanded its user base to include a wide variety of communities, from educational groups to hobbyist clubs. The platform offers customizable servers with support for bots and integrations, enabling users to create unique environments for interaction and collaboration. With its focus on user-friendly design and robust features, Discord has become a popular choice for people looking to connect and communicate in a vibrant digital space.
Discord is a communication platform designed to facilitate online communities through voice, video, and text chat. Initially launched for gamers in 2015, it has since expanded its user base to include a wide variety of communities, from educational groups to hobbyist clubs. The platform offers customizable servers with support for bots and integrations, enabling users to create unique environments for interaction and collaboration. With its focus on user-friendly design and robust features, Discord has become a popular choice for people looking to connect and communicate in a vibrant digital space.