Senior Backend Engineer, Enforcement Systems

Discord; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 220,500; Full time

Job summary

Discord is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco to take ownership of critical enforcement systems aimed at keeping users safe. The role involves improving production services processing millions of decisions daily while collaborating across various teams.

With a focus on backend services, applicants should have over 4 years of experience, particularly in distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary range of $196,000 to $220,500 plus equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on backend services and infrastructure.
• Experience building and operating distributed systems and production services at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end and deliver results on time.

Responsibilities

• Own high impact projects within a complex distributed system from end-to-end that help Safety at Discord scale.
• Improve production services that process millions of enforcement decisions per day.
• Partner with Trust & Safety, Policy, ML, Data Science, and Legal teams.

Skills

Backend services and infrastructure

Python

Distributed systems

Debugging skills

Collaboration and communication

Tools

GCP

PostgreSQL

Redis

Pub/Sub

gRPC

Datadog

Job description

Discord is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco to take ownership of critical enforcement systems aimed at keeping users safe. The role involves improving production services processing millions of decisions daily while collaborating across various teams.

With a focus on backend services, applicants should have over 4 years of experience, particularly in distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary range of $196,000 to $220,500 plus equity and benefits.