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Senior Software Engineer- Database Infrastructure

221k – 294kSan Francisco, CAOnsite4+ YOE
Summary

Build and operate Discord's large-scale distributed databases and data services using ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Linux, and Rust. Requires 4+ years building distributed systems and datastore infrastructure.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate large-scale, reliable and performant data systems with ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Linux and Rust.
  • Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to develop storage primitives enabling all of Discord.
  • Exercise "First Principles Thinking" to always deliver what matters most to our users.
  • Work with a talented team of engineers who have built one of the largest communication platforms in the world.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience with building distributed systems and datastore infrastructure.
  • Experience with highly-available and distributed databases: e.g. ScyllaDB, Cassandra, BigTable, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, Postgres w/HA, etc.
  • Proficiency with at least one statically-typed programming language: e.g. Rust, Go, Java, C, C++.
  • Strong operating systems, distributed systems and concurrency control fundamentals.
  • Familiarity with Linux internals.
  • Comfortable working in fast paced environments.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with Cassandra or Scylla.
  • Experience with Rust.
  • Knowledge of DevOps tools like Salt, Terraform or Kubernetes.
Skills
ScyllaDBPostgreSQLElasticsearchRustLinuxDistributed SystemsCassandraDynamoDBCockroachDBTerraformKubernetes
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