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Software Engineer, Data Platform

San Francisco Bay Areamid

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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,

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EngineeringData EngineeringSoftware Engineer, Data Platform

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.

Responsibilities

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→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 with guidance from senior engineers. From design through deployment and production support
→Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to deliver solutions that power Discord's insights

3+ years of software engineering experience with strong programming skills in Python, Java, Rust, Go, or similar
Solid CS fundamentals and demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and ramp up on unfamiliar systems
Proven debugging skills and growth mindset. You seek feedback and continuously improve
Strong collaboration skills and ability to clearly explain technical concepts to different audiences

Nice to Have

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Passion for Discord and gaming
Experience with the data ecosystem: pipelines, ETL, modeling, or warehousing (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, Dagster, SQL, etc.)
Cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS, GCP, Azure) or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000 to $180,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

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