Software Engineer, Traffic Infrastructure

2K; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming platform is seeking a Software Engineer to enhance its traffic infrastructure. The role involves scaling systems to handle massive traffic, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring seamless communication across services. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in backend development and knowledge of networking principles.

Benefits

Equity

Benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Experience with cloud providers like GCP or AWS.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex problems across architecture layers.

Responsibilities

• Scale infrastructure to serve billions of requests daily.
• Support the growth and stability of Discord functionalities.
• Become a subject matter expert for network infrastructure.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Backend software engineering

Cloud services

Data validation

Tools

GCP

AWS

Kubernetes

Envoy

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.

Traffic Infrastructure is a small group being formed to evolve the way Discord handles petabytes of network traffic daily. As a Software Engineer on this team, you'll scale our infrastructure to serve billions of requests per day, defend against malicious traffic and facilitate seamless communication between internal services. You'll maintain critical systems that support nearly every function of our platform, ensuring an efficient and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

What you'll be doing:

• Become a subject matter expert for network infrastructure on a global scale
• Troubleshoot complex problems across many layers of Discord’s architecture,
• Support the growth and stability of nearly every function of Discord,
• Establish primitives that allow other teams to confidently and efficiently serve user requests

What you should have:

• 3+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals,
• Experience working with cloud providers like GCP or AWS,
• Experience validating assumptions with data and digging deeper when results are inconclusive,

Bonus Skills:

• Familiarity with Cloud Networking / Service Mesh (e.g. Envoy)
• Experience working with Kubernetes

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000 to $180,000 + 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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