Staff Software Engineer

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus 7 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer or any occupation, job title, position performing backend software development and building distributed systems
• 7 years of professional experience performing software development using Java and Python
• 7 years of professional experience performing object-oriented programming (including designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance applications) while adhering to established quality standards (including code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration practices)
• 7 years of professional experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (including product, analytics, and engineering) to deliver data-driven software solutions
• 7 years of professional experience utilizing databases and data platforms (including DynamoDB, PostgreSQL and Redis) in conjunction with messaging and streaming systems (including Kafka)
• 5 years of professional experience designing, developing, and supporting service-oriented architecture (SOA) (including RESTful web services, SOAP-based services, and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)) and distributed systems (including AWS services and cloud infrastructure)
• 5 years of professional experience performing DevOps practices and utilizing related tools (including Docker and Kubernetes) to support deployment, scalability, and system reliability and 3 years of professional experience utilizing front-end engineering technologies (including React and Typescript) to support full-stack integration
• If you do not meet all the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply! No job description is perfect, and we may also have another opportunity that closely matches your skills and experience

What the job involves

• Develop and maintain scalable backend and data systems that power personalized messaging decisions across millions of subscribers
• Partner with data scientists and ML engineers to produce models for send-time optimization and subscriber engagement propensity
• Optimize real-time and batch pipelines for performance, reliability, and operational robustness at scale
• Improve feedback loops and experimentation frameworks to continuously enhance personalization performance
• Drive engineering best practices in large-scale distributed systems, experimentation, and highscale personalization infrastructure
• Improve code quality through code reviews, testing, and advocating for best practices
• Contribute to and help shape technical decisions and stay current with emerging technologies to enhance our products
• Participate in on-call and production support for multiple service domains, triaging and resolving incidents and customer-facing issues
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and analytics to ship impactful, data driven features. Build amazing consumer experiences, taking responsibility for code quality, scalability, reliability and performance
• Telecommuting permitted 2 days per week
• When not telecommuting, must report to 114 Sansome Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104

Benefits

• Discord HQ: At Discord, we believe great work can happen anywhere, whether in person or virtually. Our flexible work model empowers our people to choose where they work best: at home, in one of our offices like our San Francisco HQ, or a mix of both.
• Grow together: Look forward to developing both professionally and personally alongside your colleagues at Discord. All of our managers go through a leadership program, and we offer enriching trainings for everyone. No matter what your interests or skills are, there's a place on our platform for you to find and build belonging.
• Money matters: Discord strives to offer fair and competitive compensation packages, including equity. You'll have room to grow and be rewarded based on your contributions and impact at the company. Take advantage of our retirement offerings (including 401k matching in the US) to meet your financial goals.
• Health benefits; At Discord, we health-care about you! We offer medical, dental, vision, reproductive, gender-affirming, and mental healthcare to our employees.
• Family support: Spend some quality time with the next generation with 12+ weeks parental leave, as well as fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• R&R: Stay refreshed with four weeks of PTO, 16 paid holidays each year including a week off for the winter holidays, and flexible sick time (which includes mental health days).
• Wellness on us: Take advantage of a $375 quarterly stipend for your gym membership or other activities to keep you feeling great.
• Giving back: Whatever social cause you're passionate about, take a day (or two) off to make an impact. While you're at it, take advantage of $1,000/year in donation matching to charitable organizations!