Senior Software Engineer, Discord
API Platform
$190-204k
+ Equity
Voice, video and text communication platform
Job no longer available
Voice, video and text communication platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$190-204k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Discord's mission is to help friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience developing backend systems
- Experience scaling distributed systems
- Experience operating complex services in a production environment
- Familiarity with open source software, and ability dig into a library's source code to find the answer you’re looking for
- Confidence making tradeoffs when leading projects to ensure constant progress
Desirable
- Experience with large Python or Rust codebases
- Experience deploying and managing containerized applications with Kubernetes
- Experience with Google Pub/Sub or other message queue systems
- An understanding of Python runtime internals or the gevent library
- Familiarity with Redis, ScyllaDB, or Postgres
- You have built or contributed to open source projects
- You are a Discord power user and have built bots or apps interacting with our platform
What the job involves
- As an API Platform Engineer, you'll report to the Engineering Manager of API Platform within the Core Technology department at Discord
- Your role would see you refine our codebase and perfect our infrastructure, work that influences almost every interaction that our users have while using Discord!
- Ensuring our systems are fast, reliable and efficient while meeting the needs of product teams
- Writing code but also managing our infrastructure
- Ensuring the reliable operation of critical systems that serve millions of users daily
- Enabling dozens of teams to quickly and safely deploy code to production
- Working with an amazing group of engineers passionate about keeping Discord running smoothly
Our take
Discord is an industry giant in the chat app space. The free platform has rapidly become one of the most popular services in the sector since being founded in 2015. It counts over 150 million active users in 19 million communities, successfully expanding beyond its original focus on video game players to become a broader social networking app and public forum.
Discord's userbase has grown rapidly as remote work has become the norm and a new generation of internet users has come online, attracted to its youthful presentation and plethora of gaming and social tools. It has since fended off takeover bids from Microsoft and interest from other giants such as Amazon and Twitter, and has grown into a profitable company, funded by optional subscription fees and commissions from sales through the platform.
Discord’s remarkable growth, however, is not without obstacles. The company faces competition from deep-pocketed giants like Facebook, and regulatory concerns from those worried about the platform’s relatively light chat moderation. However, the company has the resources and expertise to adapt. For example, the acquisition of harassment detection software company Sentropy will go a long way towards placating the concerns of critics, as will the 2024 acquisition of teen app Gas used to give anonymous compliments to friends. All of these purchases are part of Discord's move to expand out of its mostly gaming-focused customer base.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Sep 2021
$500m
SERIES H
Dec 2020
$100m
SERIES H
Total funding: $979.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision
- Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
- 16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days
- Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
- Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
- Volunteer time off
- A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups
- Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jason Citron
(CEO)Started out as a programmer at Papaya Studio, Stormfront Studios and Doublefine Productions. Also founded OpenFeint, a global mobile social gaming company.
Worked as a Software Engineer at Casamba and then Kabam. Was Lead Software Engineer at GREE International, and founded social network Guildwork.com in 2009.
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