Senior Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure

What You'll Be Doing

• Ensure the reliable and efficient operation of critical systems that serve millions of users daily.
• Design, develop, and scale distributed systems from the ground up.
• Write code and manage infrastructure to support high-performance services.
• Enable dozens of teams to deploy code to production quickly and safely.
• Use and enhance observability tools to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Instrument services to establish robust data collection and monitoring pipelines.
• Coach and mentor other engineers, enabling their development.
• Become a vital part of a small team of talented engineers passionate about keeping Discord running smoothly.

What You Have

• 5+ years of experience designing and developing backend systems.
• Experience scaling distributed systems.
• Experience operating complex services in a production environment.
• Familiarity with open source software, and the ability to dig into a library's source code to find the answer you're looking for.
• Confidence in making tradeoffs when leading projects to ensure constant progress.

Bonus Points

• Experience with Python or Rust.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized applications with Kubernetes.
• Experience with Google Pub/Sub or other message queue systems.
• A deep understanding of Python runtime internals or the gevent library.
• You have built or contributed to open source projects.
• You are a Discord power user and have built bots or apps interacting with our platform.

Compensation

US base salary range: $196,000 - $220,500 + equity + benefits.