Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote

Overview

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

In Short

• Define and execute the technical vision for Discord's data platform.
• Design, implement, and optimize data infrastructure for petabytes of data.
• Develop innovative data architectures for analytics and machine learning.
• Build monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for data services.
• Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, and product managers.
• Drive best practices in data governance and security.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers.
• Stay updated with industry trends in data platforms.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering focused on large-scale systems.
• Expertise in scalable data platforms and data processing systems.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Java, or Rust.
• Experience with open source data projects.
• Hands-on experience with technologies like Kafka, Spark, and Airflow.
• Understanding of database systems and data modeling principles.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and containerization tools.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity and benefits.
• Work in a dynamic and innovative environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to open source projects.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Join a passionate team focused on gaming and community.