Software Engineer, Traffic Infrastructure

2 Months ago • 3 Years + • Devops

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineer on the Traffic Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for scaling the infrastructure to handle billions of requests daily, protect against malicious traffic, and ensure seamless communication between internal services. You will maintain critical systems that support nearly every function of the platform, providing an efficient and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. The role involves troubleshooting complex problems across Discord’s architecture, supporting the growth and stability of nearly every function, and establishing primitives for other teams to confidently serve user requests. This position requires expertise in network infrastructure on a global scale.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals.
  • Experience working with cloud providers like GCP or AWS.
  • Experience validating assumptions with data and digging deeper.
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with Cloud Networking / Service Mesh (e.g. Envoy)
  • Experience working with Kubernetes

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.

Traffic Infrastructure is a small group being formed to evolve the way Discord handles petabytes of network traffic daily. As a Software Engineer on this team, you'll scale our infrastructure to serve billions of requests per day, defend against malicious traffic and facilitate seamless communication between internal services. You'll maintain critical systems that support nearly every function of our platform, ensuring an efficient and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

What you'll be doing:

  • Become a subject matter expert for network infrastructure on a global scale
  • Troubleshoot complex problems across many layers of Discord’s architecture,
  • Support the growth and stability of nearly every function of Discord,
  • Establish primitives that allow other teams to confidently and efficiently serve user requests

What you should have:

  • 3+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals,
  • Experience working with cloud providers like GCP or AWS,
  • Experience validating assumptions with data and digging deeper when results are inconclusive,

Bonus Skills:

  • Familiarity with Cloud Networking / Service Mesh (e.g. Envoy)
  • Experience working with Kubernetes


#LI-Remote

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.

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!

Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

Similar Jobs

Infosys - Senior Developer - NextJS Full Stack (with Sitecore/CMS Exposure)

Infosys

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Lilt - Voice Talent Required - Hungarian

Lilt

Hungary (Remote)
4 Days ago
yubo - Trust & Safety Specialist Finnish

yubo

Paris, Île-de-France, France (Remote)
2 Months ago
CyberArk - Enterprise Customer Success Manager

CyberArk

Brazil (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Outbrain - Account Manager

Outbrain

Chicago, Illinois, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Thales - DevOps Manager

Thales

Rehovot, Center District, Israel (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
bytedance - Senior Site Reliability Engineer, ML System

bytedance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
9 Months ago
cyara - Solution Architect / Consultant / or Sales Engineer

cyara

United States (Remote)
2 Months ago
Glean - Partner Solutions Engineer

Glean

Japan (Remote)
2 Months ago
USE Insider - Automation Engineer (TestOps)

USE Insider

Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye (Remote)
5 Days ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Veeam Software - Sales Development Representative with French

Veeam Software

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
London stock Exchange - Lead Software Engineer

London stock Exchange

Bangkok, Thailand (On-Site)
1 Year ago
Wind River - Strategic Solution Sales Executive

Wind River

Seoul, South Korea (On-Site)
4 Days ago
Unity - Senior Games QA Engineer

Unity

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Wolters Kluwer - Director (m/w/d), Professional Services / Customer Consulting TAA Europe Region North

Wolters Kluwer

Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Interactive Brokers - Associate / Senior Associate - Institutional Services

Interactive Brokers

Singapore (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Veeam Software - Virtualization Backup Engineer (German Speaker)

Veeam Software

Poland (Remote)
3 Months ago
Telastra - Staff Software Engineer

Telastra

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
1 Year ago
illumio - Member of Technical Staff II - Architecture

illumio

Sunnyvale, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
bytedance - Senior Machine Learning Ops Engineer, ML System - Foundation Model

bytedance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in San Francisco, California, United States

Scientific Games - Sales Account Manager - Tahlequah or Muskogee area

Scientific Games

Oklahoma, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Kavalirio - Senior Electrical Project Manager

Kavalirio

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Ettain Group - Senior Hitachi Storage Technical Consultant

Ettain Group

Addison, Texas, United States (On-Site)
10 Years ago
Zuru - Key Account Manager

Zuru

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Alten Technology - Senior Structural Analyst (LS-DYNA)

Alten Technology

Mukilteo, Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
DMG - Software Development Engineer 2

DMG

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Quilt - Senior/ Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Quilt

Redwood City, California, United States (Hybrid)
4 Days ago
Universal Music - Senior Staff Accountant

Universal Music

Los Angeles, California, United States (Hybrid)
5 Months ago
Instawork - Enterprise Account Executive

Instawork

New York, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Adyen - Strategic Growth Manager

Adyen

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Devops Jobs

Harvey - Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Harvey

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Wind River - Cloud Solutions Architect

Wind River

Swindon, England, United Kingdom (Remote)
4 Days ago
ARHS - DevOps - AWS Cloud Engineer

ARHS

Brussels, Brussels, Belgium (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Ion - Senior DevSecOps Engineer, Italy

Ion

Milan, Lombardy, Italy (On-Site)
9 Months ago
Volley that - Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Volley that

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago
Scale AI - AI Infrastructure Engineer, Model Serving Platform

Scale AI

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Rackspace Technology - AWS Devops III

Rackspace Technology

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Nice - Senior Solution Architect

Nice

Southampton, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Flow - Senior/Staff Platform Engineer/SRE

Flow

Palo Alto, California, United States (Hybrid)
5 Months ago
Postman - Corporate Solutions Engineer - DACH

Postman

Germany (Remote)
3 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Discord is a voice, video and text platform that helps friends come together to hang out, play games and have fun. When Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy founded Discord in 2015 they had a hunch that multiplayer gaming would be the future of entertainment and that people would need a communications platform designed for them to talk with their gaming friends. Today, gaming has become the largest form of entertainment in the world, bigger than movies and music combined. It’s the fastest-growing as well. Discord makes it feel like you’re playing in the same room with friends.

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)

California, United States (On-Site)

California, United States (On-Site)

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)

California, United States (On-Site)

San Francisco, California, United States (Remote)

New York, United States (On-Site)

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Discord

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug