# Senior Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure
**Company:** [Discord](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/discord)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Salary:** $196K-$221K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Rust, Kubernetes, Google Pub/Sub, Distributed Systems, Observability, Backend Systems, Open Source Software, Gevent
**Posted:** 2026-02-03
> Builds and scales critical platform infrastructure systems at Discord, ensuring reliability for millions of users. Requires 5+ years in backend/distributed systems with production operations experience.
## Job Description
## 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.
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