Software Engineer - Realtime Infrastructure

Join us to work on what makes Discord feel like a live and upbeat place! Our team's mission is to create the primitives allowing us to connect our users to one another in realtime. Practically speaking, it means we design and operate the core backend systems that our 150M users use to join their servers, have chats with their friends and receive notifications when something interesting is happening on Discord. As a Software Engineer in the Realtime Infrastructure team you will report to the manager of the Chat Infrastructure group.

What you'll be doing

• Build large-scale backend systems.
• Work with product teams to add new features.
• Ensure that our systems are reliable and that Discord just works .
• Write code but also manage our infrastructure.
• Work with an accomplished team of engineers who have built one of the largest communication platforms in the world.

What you should have

• 3+ years of experience working with backend systems
• You understand the basics of observability and monitoring.
• You excel in undefined environments and get excited about finding solutions to complex technical challenges
• Comfortable reading and writing code in large existing codebases

Bonus Points

• Experience with Elixir, Erlang or Rust.
• Experience working with systems deployed in a cloud environment (GCP, AWS , etc. )
• Experience working with NoSQL databases (Cassandra, Scylla etc. ) storing billions of data points.
• Knowledge of DevOps tools like Salt, Terraform or Kubernetes.
• You have built or contributed to open source projects.

New York City only: Minimum salary of $165,000/year + equity and benefits

*Note: Disclosure as required by NYC Pay Transparency Law

Colorado only: Minimum salary of $148,500/year + equity and benefits

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20).

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
• 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)
• Generous stipends for headphones, your remote work setup, and lunch on a daily basis (while we’re all remote)
• 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

About Us

Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.

We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!