Discord · 4 hours ago
Software Engineer, Data Platform
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$160K/yr - $180K/yr
3+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and community engagement. They are seeking a Software Engineer to build and maintain data infrastructure that processes petabytes of data, collaborating with various teams to enhance insights and user experience.
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Responsibilities
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 with guidance from senior engineers. From design through deployment and production support
Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to deliver solutions that power Discord's insights
Qualification
Required
3+ years of software engineering experience with strong programming skills in Python, Java, Rust, Go, or similar
Solid CS fundamentals and demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and ramp up on unfamiliar systems
Proven debugging skills and growth mindset. You seek feedback and continuously improve
Strong collaboration skills and ability to clearly explain technical concepts to different audiences
Preferred
Passion for Discord and gaming
Experience with the data ecosystem: pipelines, ETL, modeling, or warehousing (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, Dagster, SQL, etc.)
Cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS, GCP, Azure) or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$995.41MKey Investors
Flat CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupSony Interactive Entertainment
2024-03-01Secondary Market
2022-11-22Series I
2022-03-12Secondary Market· $10.86M
Leadership Team
Mike Polner
VP, Global Head of Marketing
Bob Bahramipour
Head of Ecosystem Partnerships
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