Senior Software Engineer- Database Infrastructure

10 Hours ago • 4 Years + • $196,000 PA - $220,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Database Infrastructure team at Discord develops and operates all of Discord’s databases and data services, which store data for over 200 million monthly active users, including trillions of messages. Responsibilities include building and operating reliable data systems with ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Linux, and Rust. The team collaborates with product and infrastructure teams to develop storage primitives and works with a talented team of engineers on a large communication platform.
Must have:
  • 4+ years of experience in building distributed systems and datastore infrastructure.
  • Experience with highly-available and distributed databases.
  • Proficiency with at least one statically-typed programming language.
  • Strong operating systems, distributed systems, and concurrency control fundamentals.
  • Familiarity with Linux internals.
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced environments.
Good to have:
  • Experience with Cassandra or Scylla.
  • Experience with Rust.
  • Knowledge of DevOps tools like Salt, Terraform or Kubernetes.
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

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.

The Database Infrastructure team develops and operates all of Discord’s databases and data services. Those systems store the data of Discord's 200M+ monthly active users—including trillions of messages! We work across multiple areas: databases, disk storage and Rust-based data access services. We're a small team whose work has a huge impact on our company's success and ability to grow!

Some blog posts from the team:

You will:

  • Build and operate large-scale, reliable and performant data systems with ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Linux and Rust.
  • Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to develop storage primitives enabling all of Discord.
  • Exercise "First Principles Thinking" to always deliver what matters most to our users.
  • Work with a talented team of engineers who have built one of the largest communication platforms in the world.

You have:

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

Bonus Points:

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

More things that might interest you:

#LI-Remote

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + 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.

Why Discord? 

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!

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About The Company

Founded in 2015, Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests - from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.


And we're hiring! If this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us: https://discordapp.com/jobs for openings.

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