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Senior Software Engineer- Database Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer- Database Infrastructure

King River Capital GroupSan Francisco, CA, United States
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Advanced Degree Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Advanced Degree Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Atlanta StaffingSan Francisco, CA, United States
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New college grad role intended for students graduating with their Master's and / or Doctorate's degree by August 2026, or have graduated within 12 months of cohort start date in June / July 2026.Target...[show_more][last_updated.last_updated_variable_days]
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Senior Database Engineer

Senior Database Engineer

CrunchyrollSan Francisco, California, United States
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Database Engineer, AiDP

Database Engineer, AiDP

San Francisco StaffingSan Francisco, CA, United States
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Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Senior Database Reliability Engineer

GridwareSan Francisco, CA, US
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Staff Platform Engineer - Database Systems

Staff Platform Engineer - Database Systems

QuizletSan Francisco, CA, US
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At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way.Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, in...[show_more][last_updated.last_updated_30]
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Advanced Degree Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Advanced Degree Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Phoenix StaffingSan Francisco, CA, US
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Senior Database Developer / Engineer - Oakland, CA

Senior Database Developer / Engineer - Oakland, CA

Georgia IT IncOakland, CA, United States
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Platform Engineer – Database Systems

Platform Engineer – Database Systems

Quizlet, Inc.San Francisco, CA, United States
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Database Engineer

Database Engineer

Mercor IncSan Francisco, CA, United States
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As a Database Engineer at Mercor, you'll own the performance, scalability, and reliability of our production database systems (primarily Amazon RDS for MySQL). You'll work closely with backend engin...[show_more][last_updated.last_updated_variable_days]
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Senior Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure

Slack EnterpriseSan Francisco, CA, United States
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Undergrad Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Undergrad Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Delaware StaffingSan Francisco, CA, United States
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Senior Database Engineer(Elastic / Mongo / Hadoop)

Senior Database Engineer(Elastic / Mongo / Hadoop)

CatchProbe Intelligence TechnologiesSan Francisco, California, US
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Database Engineer

Database Engineer

VirtualVocationsOakland, California, United States
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Staff Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure

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JoinhorizonSan Francisco, CA, United States
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Staff Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure

Staff Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure

MonographSan Francisco, CA, United States
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Database Administrator

Database Administrator

TradeJobsWorkForce94110 San Francisco, CA, US
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Platform Engineer – Database Systems

Platform Engineer – Database Systems

Icon VenturesSan Francisco, CA, United States
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Undergrad Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Undergrad Software Engineer - Database Technologies

Hawaii StaffingSan Francisco, CA, United States
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New College Grad Role intended for students graduating with their Bachelor's degree by, or have graduated within, 12 months of cohort start date in June / July 2026. Target Start Date : Mid-June or mid...[show_more][last_updated.last_updated_variable_hours]
Senior Software Engineer- Database Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer- Database Infrastructure

King River Capital GroupSan Francisco, CA, United States
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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.

The Database Infrastructure team develops and operates all of Discord’s databases and data services. Those systems store the data of Discord's 200M+ monthly active users—including trillions of messages! We work across multiple areas : databases, disk storage and Rust-based data access services. We're a small team whose work has a huge impact on our company's success and ability to grow!

Some blog posts from the team :

  • How Discord Indexes Trillions of Messages
  • How Discord Stores Trillions of Messages
  • How Discord Supercharges Network Disks for Extreme Low-Latency

You will :

  • Build and operate large-scale, reliable and performant data systems with ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Linux and Rust.
  • Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to develop storage primitives enabling all of Discord.
  • Exercise "First Principles Thinking" to always deliver what matters most to our users.
  • Work with a talented team of engineers who have built one of the largest communication platforms in the world.

    • You have :

  • 4+ years of experience with building distributed systems and datastore infrastructure
  • Experience with highly-available and distributed databases : e.g. ScyllaDB, Cassandra, BigTable, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, Postgres w / HA, etc.
  • Proficiency with at least one statically-typed programming language : e.g. Rust, Go, Java, C, C++
  • Strong operating systems, distributed systems and concurrency control fundamentals
  • Familiarity with Linux internals
  • Comfortable working in fast paced environments.

    • Bonus Points :

  • Experience with Cassandra or Scylla
  • Experience with Rust
  • Knowledge of DevOps tools like Salt, Terraform or Kubernetes.

    • More things that might interest you :

    We’ve tackled a lot of fascinating technical challenges over the years, and blogged about it regularly :

  • How Discord Stores Trillions of Messages
  • 25% or 6 to 4 : The 11 / 6 / 23 Authentication Outage
  • How Discord Supercharges Network Disks for Extreme Low Latency
  • Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
  • How Discord Indexes Billions of Messages
  • How Discord Stores Billions of Messages
  • How Discord Indexes Trillions of Messages
  • One of our team members even wrote a book on ScyllaDB

    • We present at conferences :

  • How Discord Indexes Trillions of Messages by Vicki Niu
  • How Discord Performs Database Upgrades at Scale by Ethan Donowitz

    • 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 $196,000 to $220,500 + 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!

    Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.

    Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.

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