Engineering Manager, Data Platform

Discord; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 248,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming platform in San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Manager excited to build data infrastructure at scale. You will lead teams that process petabytes of data for millions of users and make impactful technical decisions. The ideal candidate has significant engineering leadership experience and strong people management skills. Compensation includes a salary ranging from $248,000 to $279,000 plus equity and benefits, with potential relocation assistance for those willing to move to the Bay Area.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering leadership and 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong people management skills including hiring and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to set team's pace and drive projects to completion.
• Excellent communication skills across various levels.
• Experience with the data ecosystem: pipelines, ETL, modeling, and warehousing.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure or containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow teams building data infrastructure for millions of users.
• Partner to set the technical direction and roadmap.
• Drive a culture of quality-centered execution.
• Build relationships with cross-functional partners.
• Help the team navigate ambiguity while achieving business outcomes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Large-scale distributed systems

Data infrastructure

People management

Technical decision-making

Communication skills

Cloud infrastructure

Containerization

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Airflow

Dagster

SQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

Every day, hundreds of millions of gamers gather on Discord to hang out, strategize their next raid, celebrate tournament victories, and build communities around the games they love. Behind every voice channel, every streamer Go Live, every Quest completed, there's data, petabytes of it, telling the story of how people connect through gaming.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager who gets excited about building world-class teams and data infrastructure at massive scale. Someone who cares deeply about the communities we serve and is passionate about developing engineers who build lovable products for Discord users and Discord engineers alike. You'll lead a team building the next generation Data Platform that powers decisions for one of the most vibrant platforms in the world.

If you're the kind of leader who lights up when coaching engineers, making tough technical decisions, and wants your team's work to directly impact millions worldwide, we want to talk to you.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow one or more teams of engineers building data infrastructure that processes petabytes of data across millions of users
• Partner with People and Technical leaders to set technical direction and define the roadmap for your team(s)
• Drive a culture of 80/20 thinking, quality-centered execution, and timely decision-making to ensure your team consistently ships high-impact results
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional partners to align technical solutions with business goals
• Help your team navigate ambiguity while maintaining momentum toward business outcomes

What you should have

• 2+ years of engineering leadership and 7+ years of software engineering experience with expertise in large-scale distributed systems or data infrastructure
• Strong people management skills including hiring, performance management, coaching, and conflict resolution
• Demonstrated ability to set the pace for a team, remove blockers, and drive projects to completion
• Excellent communication skills with ability to foster clear, effective dialogue across all levels and audiences
• Proven track record independently making sound technical decisions through ambiguity in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience with the data ecosystem: pipelines, ETL, modeling, and/or warehousing (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, Dagster, SQL, etc.)
• Cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS, GCP, Azure) or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + 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.

Why Discord?

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!

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