Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Build and operate large-scale, reliable, and performant distributed systems
• ▹Collaborate with product teams to create new features
• ▹Help ensure Discord 'just works'
• ▹Write code and manage infrastructure
• ▹Work alongside a team of engineers who built one of the largest communication platforms in the world

Requirements

• ▹2+ years of experience writing and designing backend systems
• ▹Experience solving complex distributed systems problems
• ▹Experience operating and maintaining critical tier-0 services
• ▹Knowledge of monitoring and alerting best practices
• ▹Familiarity with open source software and comfort digging into library source code
• ▹Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (relocation assistance may be available)

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Elixir
• ▹Experience with systems deployed in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, etc.)
• ▹Knowledge of DevOps tools like Salt, Terraform, or Kubernetes
• ▹Contributions to open source projects
• ▹Experience as a Discord power user building bots or apps on the platform

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Equity
• ▹Benefits package
• ▹Possible relocation assistance to the San Francisco Bay Area

About the company

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many reasons, most of all to play video games together — making it easier and more fun to hang out before, during, and after playing.