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Discord

Senior Software Engineer - Database Infrastructure

CompanyDiscord
Websitediscord.com
RoleSenior Software Engineer - Database Infrastructure
Role taxonomyInfrastructure / SRE / DevOpsSenior
SpecialtiesInfrastructure
LocationSF Bay Area · Hybrid
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://discord.com/jobs/8200328002
Hiring notes
TechPythonRustPostgreSQLKubernetesTerraform
Parsed locationsSF Bay Area
Posted byjonahberquist
PostedApr 1, 2026
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Original posting

Discord | Senior Software Engineer - Database Infrastructure | SF Bay Area (Hybrid) Tech stack: Rust | ScyllaDB | k8s | Python | Postgres | Elasticsearch | Terraform Role: Build and operate distributed database systems and data platform services that store all of the data for Discord's 200M+ users. We're solving interesting problems around performance, reliability, and scalability at one of the largest communication platforms. Looking for strong infrastructure and distributed systems experience, familiarity with databases like Cassandra/ScyllaDB/Postgres, and comfort working in Rust or similar systems languages. https://discord.com/jobs/8200328002