Software Engineer, Traffic Infrastructure

1 Month 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!

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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.

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