The opportunity
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…
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
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
What they're looking for
- + 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
