About the Role
Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Media Infrastructure team. This role is pivotal in managing the storage, processing, and delivery of over 100PB of user-generated media across millions of Discord users. You will be at the forefront of media innovation, overseeing the entire lifecycle of media on our platform and creating core components that enable our product teams to introduce new media features.
Key Responsibilities
- Solve complex scaling challenges to ensure our systems are fast, reliable, and efficient.
- Collaborate with product teams to add new features and improve existing ones.
- Write code and manage our media infrastructure, focusing on media ingest and delivery.
- Be data-driven, ensuring processes can be monitored and measuring impact with data.
- Work with a talented team of engineers who have built one of the largest media serving infrastructures in the world.
What We Are Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in writing and designing backend systems.
- Experience solving complex problems within distributed systems.
- Experience operating systems handling over 1M+ queries per second.
- Familiarity with open-source software and the ability to dive into source code to find answers.
- Strong literacy in video & image codecs and compatibility.
- Proven ability to debug, fix, and optimize encoding issues.
- Effective working across the full stack, from client to origin.
Bonus Points
- Experience with Rust or Python.
- Experience with iOS or Android media transcoding and playback.
- In-depth experience building integrated video products using open-source libraries like FFmpeg, Libav, React Native Video, or Exoplayer.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (GCP, AWS, etc.).
- Knowledge of DevOps tools like Salt or Terraform.
- Contributions to open-source projects.
- Interest or passion for the Discord platform.
Compensation
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000 to $201,500, plus equity and 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.
About Discord
Discord is a voice, video, and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests. With over 150 million monthly users, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. We offer a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.
Discord is an equal opportunity employer that believes diversity inspires creativity and innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees can do their best work free of harassment or discrimination.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Equity
- Health Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Remote Work
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