Senior Software Engineer Database Infrastructure

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Database Infrastructure): Develops and operates large-scale data systems storing data for 200M+ monthly active users, including trillions of messages with an accent on database, disk storage, and Rust-based data access services. Focus on building reliable, performant data systems and collaborating with product and infrastructure teams to enable all of Discord.

Location: Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Salary: $196,000 to $220,500 + equity + benefits.

Company

Discord is a multiplatform, multigenerational, and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests.

What you will do

• Build and operate large-scale, reliable, and performant data systems using ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Linux, and Rust.
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to develop storage primitives.
• Apply "First Principles Thinking" to prioritize user needs.
• Work within a talented engineering team to scale one of the largest communication platforms in the world.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience building distributed systems and datastore infrastructure.
• Experience with highly-available and distributed databases like ScyllaDB, Cassandra, BigTable, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, or Postgres w/HA.
• Proficiency in at least one statically-typed programming language such as Rust, Go, Java, C, or C++.
• Strong understanding of operating systems, distributed systems, and concurrency control fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Linux internals.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with Cassandra or Scylla.
• Experience with Rust.
• Knowledge of DevOps tools like Salt, Terraform, or Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
• Multiplatform, multigenerational, and multiplayer platform.