Software Engineer- Database Infrastructure

About this role

Join Discord's Database Infrastructure team to design and operate massive-scale data systems handling trillions of messages for 200M+ monthly active users. You'll work with cutting-edge databases like ScyllaDB and PostgreSQL while collaborating across product and infrastructure teams to build storage solutions that power the platform.

What you'll do

• Build and operate large-scale, reliable, and performant data systems using ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, and Rust
• Troubleshoot, debug, and test complex systems in live production environments
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to develop storage primitives
• Apply first principles thinking to solve critical problems impacting millions of users
• Work on database indexing, storage optimization, and low-latency data access services

What they're looking for

• Backend infrastructure development (2-4 years)
• Distributed systems and concurrency control
• Statically-typed programming languages (Rust, Go, Java, C, or C++)
• Highly-available and distributed databases (ScyllaDB, Cassandra, Postgres)
• Linux and operating systems fundamentals
• Production system debugging and troubleshooting
• DevOps tools (Salt, Terraform, Kubernetes)
• Rust programming

Benefits

• Competitive base salary ($160,000-$180,000 for US roles)
• Equity compensation
• Work with one of the world's largest communication platforms
• Talented engineering team with published technical expertise
• Opportunity to tackle fascinating large-scale technical challenges