Discord · 6 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$400K/yr - $450K/yr
10+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and social interaction. The Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure will lead critical infrastructure initiatives, define the technical vision, and ensure systems remain reliable and scalable for a growing user base.
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Responsibilities
Lead Discord's most critical infrastructure initiatives
Define and drive the technical vision and multi-year roadmap for Infrastructure, aligning teams around shared architectural principles
Partner with leadership across the company to ensure infrastructure capabilities enable product innovation
Design systems that balance reliability, cost-efficiency, and scalability
Mentor and grow senior engineers across multiple teams, raising the technical bar organization-wide
Represent Discord's engineering culture externally through blog posts, conference talks, and open source contributions
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
Experience architecting complex infrastructure serving hundreds of millions of users with strict uptime requirements
Deep expertise in backend systems, databases, and the operational realities of running systems at scale
Ability to navigate significant ambiguity and make sound technical decisions that hold up over time
Experience influencing technical direction across many teams without direct authority
Strong communication skills and you can articulate complex technical concepts to any audience and build alignment around your vision
A passion for mentorship and raising the capabilities of engineers around you
Preferred
Experience with Rust, Elixir, or Python in production systems
Expertise with distributed databases like ScyllaDB, Cassandra, or similar
Expertise building large scale chat products
History of open source contributions
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$995.41MKey Investors
Flat CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupSony Interactive Entertainment
2024-03-01Secondary Market
2022-11-22Series I
2022-03-12Secondary Market· $10.86M
Leadership Team
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
CTO & Co-Founder
Mike Polner
VP, Global Head of Marketing
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