Overview
On Site
USD 223,000.00 - 245,500.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
google cloud platform
Software development
Machine Learning (ML)
Apache Beam
Data processing
Problem solving
Product engineering
Data
Productivity
Analytics
Acquisition
Reporting
Strategy
Leadership
Kubernetes
Rust
Collaboration
Roadmaps
Governance
Privacy
Mentorship
Training
Video
Streaming
IMPACT
Job Details
Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives. We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about. We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world. Original, reliable, playful, and relatable. These are the values that connect our users and our employees at Discord.
The central Data Platform seeks to build a self-service tooling platform to make the petabytes of data at Discord easily accessible for everyone at the company. We build full-stack applications, tooling, and frameworks to improve the productivity of teams at Discord, in particular our product, analytics, and machine learning teams. Our tooling covers the end-to-end lifecycle of data from acquisition to consumption. Reporting to the Engineering Manager of Data Products, you will work on strategy that is foundational to the company and product. To learn more about Discord Engineering, read our - including that this team is behind!
What You'll Be Doing
You Will Thrive In This Role If
Bonus Points
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $223,000 to $245,500 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
#buildbelonging #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid #LI-HY1
About Us
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends come together to hang out, have fun, and play games. With over 150 million monthly users, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord 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!
The central Data Platform seeks to build a self-service tooling platform to make the petabytes of data at Discord easily accessible for everyone at the company. We build full-stack applications, tooling, and frameworks to improve the productivity of teams at Discord, in particular our product, analytics, and machine learning teams. Our tooling covers the end-to-end lifecycle of data from acquisition to consumption. Reporting to the Engineering Manager of Data Products, you will work on strategy that is foundational to the company and product. To learn more about Discord Engineering, read our - including that this team is behind!
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead end-to-end development of data tooling and frameworks, using modern technologies such as BigQuery, Apache Beam, Airflow, Dagster, dbt, Kubernetes, and Rust.
- Ensure tight-knit collaboration with leadership, cross-functional stake-holders and senior engineers across the organizationCollaborate with leadership and senior engineers across the team to define the technical vision and build on the technical roadmap for Data Platform.
- Work with Data Platform to ensure we have a platform with strong governance that respects our users' privacy throughout.
- Care deeply about business outcomes and constraints and keep them in mind as you solve hard, unbounded problems.
- Work with other Staff Engineers to make decisions for the organization and engineering function as a whole.
- Coach and mentor the next generation of technical leaders at Discord.
You Will Thrive In This Role If
- 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
- Empathy for both your internal and external users and seek feedback on your work.
- Ability to approach problems with first principles thinking, embrace ambiguity, and enjoy collaborative work on complex solutions.
- Experience defining architecture, tooling, and strategy for a large-scale data processing system.
- Proactive in staying up-to-date with industry trends and assessing new technologies to enhanse problem solving capabilities.
Bonus Points
- Experience working with very high-scale data infrastructure and tooling
- Experience with data products on Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, or Airflow
- Full-stack development or product engineering experience
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $223,000 to $245,500 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
#buildbelonging #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid #LI-HY1
About Us
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends come together to hang out, have fun, and play games. With over 150 million monthly users, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord 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!