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Senior Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform

DiscordSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote, Onsite
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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.
This position is US based only. As Discord scales rapidly, the Experimentation Platform puts data at the heart of its decision-making and growth by enabling rapid and accurate product experimentation. We develop and operate an end-to-end platform that is leveraged by our Machine Learning, Analytics, Engineering, and Product partners. We are a small and quickly growing team; by joining us as an early team member, you will be presented with significant leadership opportunities as we evolve.We are currently taking a fresh look at our Experimentation Platform, including potentially rebuilding parts of the platform from scratch to take it to the next level.

We are looking for strong software engineers who want to help take us on this journey. To learn more about Discord Engineering in general, read our engineering blogs here. If the above sounds exciting to you, read on!

What you'll be doing


  • Design, build, potentially re-build, and support Discord's next generation experimentation platform: Scope of work would include core services, data pipelines, configuration tooling, and UX.
  • Collaborate with external stakeholders and customers throughout the company to ensure experiments are well run, and their results are accurately understood.
  • Understand and influence product telemetry practices to support experimentation needs.

You'll Thrive in This Role If...


  • You have 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer and/or have an educational background in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math, or Statistics.
  • Experience with A/B testing and experimentation platforms is a huge plus.
  • You have strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with leaders in product, data science, and engineering.
  • You thrive in ambiguous environments where the best way forward is unclear, and get excited about figuring out solutions to complex problems, and then executing on them.
  • You have experience building and deploying large-scale distributed systems in a cloud computing environment.
  • You are proficient in Python and SQL. Knowledge of Typescript is a plus.
  • Experience with a variety of datastore, e.g. relational, NoSQL, data warehouse solutions.

Bonus Points


  • Experience with cloud-computing platforms such as Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience with modern data processing stacks, e.g. DBT, Dagster, Airflow.
  • Full-stack development or product engineering experience.
  • Deep understanding of statistics, data science, or large scale data processing.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000 to $201,500 + 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.#buildbelonging #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid #LI-HY1#LI-Remote

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!

Check out our inclusion, diversity and purpose efforts, company principles, or learn more about the Life @ Discord experience!


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Life at Discord

Discord is the all-in-one voice, video and text chat app designed specifically for gamers. It's free, secure, and works on both desktop and phone. Our mission here at Discord is to bring people together around games. Diversity and inclusiveness are a critical part of how we get there. Everyone here believes that with diversity comes a better product, better decisions, and a better work environment. We are committed to making Discord representative of the world we want to live and play in. Two hundred seventy million PC gamers use chat apps to communicate while playing online games. As gamers, we got fed up with many of these chat tools and decided to fix the problem ourselves. As a result, we've built the best all-in-one voice and text chat app for gamers. Fortunately, a lot of people love it. Discord currently has 87 million registered users with over 14 million Daily Active Users. The service sees 9.5 billion messages posted a month, 1.5M new users per week and in 130 countries. Founded by the team behind OpenFeint - a networking platform that united mobile games with achievements and social functionality - Discord has raised over $50M from top VCs like Greylock, Benchmark, Accel, and Tencent. And we're hiring - check out https://discordapp.com/jobs for the scoop.
Thrive Here & What We Value• Collaborative work environment• Opportunities for professional growth and development• Flexible work schedule options• Recognition for outstanding performance</s>

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