Principal Software Engineer, Discord

• This is a role for someone who thrives at the intersection of deep technical expertise and organizational leadership
• 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

Desirable

• You'll contribute to the long-term infrastructure roadmap, tackle our most complex and ambiguous technical challenges, and ensure Discord's systems remain reliable, efficient, and ready for the next 200M users
• 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