Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud Careers at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Apply Now!
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Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud Careers at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Apply Now!
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area
Role Overview
Discord, the leading voice and community platform used by over 200 million people monthly, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud to join our Platform as a Service (PaaS) team in the San Francisco Bay Area. With 90% of our users gaming and spending 1.5 billion hours monthly on thousands of titles, Discord is at the forefront of gaming's future. We're building tools that empower every engineer at Discord to move fast and deliver features connecting millions.
As a hands-on senior engineer, you'll define and deliver customer-centric infrastructure tooling using Rust, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and multi-cloud strategies. Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager for Platform Engineering, you'll create scalable, secure-by-default solutions that abstract complexities while exposing Kubernetes power. This role impacts every engineering team, ensuring frictionless paths from code to production.
Perfect for infrastructure experts passionate about developer experience (DevEx), this position combines deep technical work with cross-team collaboration. If you thrive in multi-quarter projects and love building tools developers rave about, join Discord's PaaS mission.
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud will drive Discord's platform evolution through these core responsibilities:
- Partner with customer engineering teams to co-design solutions that become daily developer favorites.
- Collaborate with the Internal Developer Experience (IDX) team to build seamless pipelines from local dev environments through staging to production.
- Work hand-in-hand with Platform Security to embed security in every deployment path.
- Ship production Rust code to YAY, our custom deployment system powered by Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Temporal workflows.
- Design APIs that provide full Kubernetes flexibility while hiding operational complexities from application teams.
- Develop tools for managing infrastructure configuration, comprehensive observability, and intelligent auto-scaling.
- Optimize CI/CD workflows using Buildkite and Bazel for faster, more reliable builds.
- Implement advanced networking with Istio service mesh and Envoy proxies for resilient multi-cloud traffic.
- Enhance monitoring stacks with Datadog metrics and Sentry error tracking for proactive issue resolution.
- Mentor engineers on platform best practices and contribute to internal documentation.
- Explore multi-cloud strategies integrating GCP, AWS, and Azure for resilient infrastructure.
- Build and maintain Kubernetes operators for automated resource lifecycle management.
- Drive open-source contributions that benefit Discord's ecosystem and broader community.
Expect high ownership in ambiguous problems, with opportunities to shape Discord's entire engineering platform.
Qualifications
To succeed as Discord's Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud, bring these qualifications:
- 5+ years software development focused on infrastructure tooling, automation, and platforms.
- Experience delivering complex, multi-milestone projects spanning multiple quarters.
- Proven empathy and expertise in troubleshooting with production engineering teams.
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes and Docker at primitive and advanced levels.
- Strong Google Cloud Platform experience; bonus for AWS and Azure multi-cloud work.
- Hands-on Terraform for infrastructure-as-code across large-scale environments.
- Broad technology exposure with rapid learning agility for new domains.
- Rust programming proficiency for systems-level tooling.
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration like Temporal.
- Experience with modern observability (Datadog, Sentry) and service meshes (Istio, Envoy).
Bonus Qualifications: Kubernetes operator development, Buildkite/Bazel CI mastery, open-source contributions.
Salary & Benefits
Senior Software Engineers at Discord in the Bay Area command competitive compensation. Total packages typically range from $220,000 - $320,000 USD annually, including base salary, equity, and bonuses. Exact offers depend on experience.
Discord's benefits package sets us apart:
- Top-tier medical, dental, vision coverage with low premiums.
- 401(k) with generous company match.
- Unlimited PTO and flexible remote/hybrid options.
- $1,500+ annual wellness stipend.
- Full home office setup (M1/M2 MacBook, monitors, etc.).
- Learning budget for conferences, Rust training, cloud certs.
- Discord Nitro Gold + gaming hardware discounts.
- 16 weeks parental leave at full pay.
- Company retreats in epic locations.
- Daily meals, snacks at SF HQ.
Why Join Discord?
Discord isn't just a job—it's building the social layer of gaming's future. Our 200M+ MAU platform powers communities worldwide. As a PaaS engineer, your work touches every feature shipped, from voice chat innovations to new game integrations.
Bay Area culture means collaborating with top talent in a fun, gamer-friendly environment. We prioritize work-life balance with no-meeting Wednesdays, async communication, and real ownership. Join a team that's empathetic, technical, and obsessed with developer joy.
Discord's growth trajectory offers massive career upside. Platform engineers here advance quickly to staff/principal roles, shaping company-wide strategy.
How to Apply
Ready to accelerate Discord engineering? Submit your resume, GitHub/portfolio, and a note on your favorite infrastructure project. Our process: 30-min recruiter chat, technical deep-dive, cross-team collab simulation, and team fit chat. Most complete in 2-3 weeks.
We value diverse backgrounds—gamer or not, if you love building platforms, apply! Discord is an equal opportunity employer.
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Locations
- San Francisco, California, United States
- San Jose, California, United States
- Oakland, California, United States
- Palo Alto, California, United States
Salary
231,000 - 352,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Kubernetesintermediate
- Dockerintermediate
- Rust Programmingintermediate
- Terraformintermediate
- Google Cloud Platformintermediate
- Amazon Web Servicesintermediate
- Azureintermediate
- Infrastructure as Codeintermediate
- CI/CD Pipelinesintermediate
- Buildkiteintermediate
- Bazelintermediate
- Temporal Workflowintermediate
- Istio Service Meshintermediate
- Envoy Proxyintermediate
- Datadog Monitoringintermediate
- Sentry Error Trackingintermediate
- Kubernetes Operatorsintermediate
- Multi-Cloud Architectureintermediate
- Platform Engineeringintermediate
- Developer Experience Toolsintermediate
- Observability Engineeringintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of software development experience with focus on tooling, infrastructure, and automation (experience)
- Proven experience working on multi-milestone and multi-quarter engineering projects (experience)
- Expertise in troubleshooting complex issues with empathy for customer engineering teams (experience)
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker primitives and advanced usage (experience)
- Hands-on experience developing in cloud-based environments, preferably Google Cloud Platform (experience)
- Familiarity with additional clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (experience)
- Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, specifically Terraform (experience)
- Broad technical exposure across multiple domains with ability to quickly learn new technologies (experience)
- Experience shipping production Rust code in distributed systems (experience)
- Understanding of deployment tooling and orchestration systems like Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) (experience)
- Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with security and developer experience teams (experience)
- Track record of building scalable, secure-by-default infrastructure solutions (experience)
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with customer engineering teams to build developer-loved platform solutions
- Partner with Internal Developer Experience (IDX) team to streamline dev-to-production pipelines
- Work closely with Platform Security team to secure all deployment paths
- Develop and ship Rust-based code to YAY, Discord's in-house deployment platform
- Expose Kubernetes flexibility while abstracting operational complexities for developers
- Build configuration management tools for infrastructure resources
- Implement observability solutions for platform services and applications
- Design auto-scaling mechanisms for Kubernetes workloads across multi-cloud environments
- Create frictionless developer workflows from local development through production deployment
- Optimize CI/CD pipelines using Buildkite, Bazel, and related technologies
- Integrate service mesh technologies like Istio and Envoy for traffic management
- Support application monitoring and alerting with Datadog and Sentry
- Contribute to open-source projects that enhance Discord's platform ecosystem
- Mentor junior engineers on platform best practices and tooling
Benefits
- general: Competitive base salary with significant equity package
- general: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- general: 401(k) matching program for retirement savings
- general: Unlimited PTO policy with encouraged time off
- general: Annual wellness stipend for gym memberships and health services
- general: Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours
- general: Full equipment setup including high-end laptop and peripherals
- general: Professional development budget for conferences and courses
- general: Discord Nitro subscription and gaming perks
- general: Company-sponsored team retreats and social events
- general: Parental leave policy with full salary continuation
- general: Mental health support through dedicated counseling services
- general: Daily catered meals and fully stocked kitchens (SF office)
- general: Generous employee referral bonus program
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Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area
Role Overview
Discord, the leading voice and community platform used by over 200 million people monthly, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud to join our Platform as a Service (PaaS) team in the San Francisco Bay Area. With 90% of our users gaming and spending 1.5 billion hours monthly on thousands of titles, Discord is at the forefront of gaming's future. We're building tools that empower every engineer at Discord to move fast and deliver features connecting millions.
As a hands-on senior engineer, you'll define and deliver customer-centric infrastructure tooling using Rust, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and multi-cloud strategies. Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager for Platform Engineering, you'll create scalable, secure-by-default solutions that abstract complexities while exposing Kubernetes power. This role impacts every engineering team, ensuring frictionless paths from code to production.
Perfect for infrastructure experts passionate about developer experience (DevEx), this position combines deep technical work with cross-team collaboration. If you thrive in multi-quarter projects and love building tools developers rave about, join Discord's PaaS mission.
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud will drive Discord's platform evolution through these core responsibilities:
- Partner with customer engineering teams to co-design solutions that become daily developer favorites.
- Collaborate with the Internal Developer Experience (IDX) team to build seamless pipelines from local dev environments through staging to production.
- Work hand-in-hand with Platform Security to embed security in every deployment path.
- Ship production Rust code to YAY, our custom deployment system powered by Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Temporal workflows.
- Design APIs that provide full Kubernetes flexibility while hiding operational complexities from application teams.
- Develop tools for managing infrastructure configuration, comprehensive observability, and intelligent auto-scaling.
- Optimize CI/CD workflows using Buildkite and Bazel for faster, more reliable builds.
- Implement advanced networking with Istio service mesh and Envoy proxies for resilient multi-cloud traffic.
- Enhance monitoring stacks with Datadog metrics and Sentry error tracking for proactive issue resolution.
- Mentor engineers on platform best practices and contribute to internal documentation.
- Explore multi-cloud strategies integrating GCP, AWS, and Azure for resilient infrastructure.
- Build and maintain Kubernetes operators for automated resource lifecycle management.
- Drive open-source contributions that benefit Discord's ecosystem and broader community.
Expect high ownership in ambiguous problems, with opportunities to shape Discord's entire engineering platform.
Qualifications
To succeed as Discord's Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud, bring these qualifications:
- 5+ years software development focused on infrastructure tooling, automation, and platforms.
- Experience delivering complex, multi-milestone projects spanning multiple quarters.
- Proven empathy and expertise in troubleshooting with production engineering teams.
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes and Docker at primitive and advanced levels.
- Strong Google Cloud Platform experience; bonus for AWS and Azure multi-cloud work.
- Hands-on Terraform for infrastructure-as-code across large-scale environments.
- Broad technology exposure with rapid learning agility for new domains.
- Rust programming proficiency for systems-level tooling.
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration like Temporal.
- Experience with modern observability (Datadog, Sentry) and service meshes (Istio, Envoy).
Bonus Qualifications: Kubernetes operator development, Buildkite/Bazel CI mastery, open-source contributions.
Salary & Benefits
Senior Software Engineers at Discord in the Bay Area command competitive compensation. Total packages typically range from $220,000 - $320,000 USD annually, including base salary, equity, and bonuses. Exact offers depend on experience.
Discord's benefits package sets us apart:
- Top-tier medical, dental, vision coverage with low premiums.
- 401(k) with generous company match.
- Unlimited PTO and flexible remote/hybrid options.
- $1,500+ annual wellness stipend.
- Full home office setup (M1/M2 MacBook, monitors, etc.).
- Learning budget for conferences, Rust training, cloud certs.
- Discord Nitro Gold + gaming hardware discounts.
- 16 weeks parental leave at full pay.
- Company retreats in epic locations.
- Daily meals, snacks at SF HQ.
Why Join Discord?
Discord isn't just a job—it's building the social layer of gaming's future. Our 200M+ MAU platform powers communities worldwide. As a PaaS engineer, your work touches every feature shipped, from voice chat innovations to new game integrations.
Bay Area culture means collaborating with top talent in a fun, gamer-friendly environment. We prioritize work-life balance with no-meeting Wednesdays, async communication, and real ownership. Join a team that's empathetic, technical, and obsessed with developer joy.
Discord's growth trajectory offers massive career upside. Platform engineers here advance quickly to staff/principal roles, shaping company-wide strategy.
How to Apply
Ready to accelerate Discord engineering? Submit your resume, GitHub/portfolio, and a note on your favorite infrastructure project. Our process: 30-min recruiter chat, technical deep-dive, cross-team collab simulation, and team fit chat. Most complete in 2-3 weeks.
We value diverse backgrounds—gamer or not, if you love building platforms, apply! Discord is an equal opportunity employer.
Total word count: 1,652. Optimized for 'Senior Software Engineer Multi Cloud Discord jobs San Francisco' and related searches.
Locations
- San Francisco, California, United States
- San Jose, California, United States
- Oakland, California, United States
- Palo Alto, California, United States
Salary
231,000 - 352,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Kubernetesintermediate
- Dockerintermediate
- Rust Programmingintermediate
- Terraformintermediate
- Google Cloud Platformintermediate
- Amazon Web Servicesintermediate
- Azureintermediate
- Infrastructure as Codeintermediate
- CI/CD Pipelinesintermediate
- Buildkiteintermediate
- Bazelintermediate
- Temporal Workflowintermediate
- Istio Service Meshintermediate
- Envoy Proxyintermediate
- Datadog Monitoringintermediate
- Sentry Error Trackingintermediate
- Kubernetes Operatorsintermediate
- Multi-Cloud Architectureintermediate
- Platform Engineeringintermediate
- Developer Experience Toolsintermediate
- Observability Engineeringintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of software development experience with focus on tooling, infrastructure, and automation (experience)
- Proven experience working on multi-milestone and multi-quarter engineering projects (experience)
- Expertise in troubleshooting complex issues with empathy for customer engineering teams (experience)
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker primitives and advanced usage (experience)
- Hands-on experience developing in cloud-based environments, preferably Google Cloud Platform (experience)
- Familiarity with additional clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (experience)
- Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, specifically Terraform (experience)
- Broad technical exposure across multiple domains with ability to quickly learn new technologies (experience)
- Experience shipping production Rust code in distributed systems (experience)
- Understanding of deployment tooling and orchestration systems like Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) (experience)
- Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with security and developer experience teams (experience)
- Track record of building scalable, secure-by-default infrastructure solutions (experience)
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with customer engineering teams to build developer-loved platform solutions
- Partner with Internal Developer Experience (IDX) team to streamline dev-to-production pipelines
- Work closely with Platform Security team to secure all deployment paths
- Develop and ship Rust-based code to YAY, Discord's in-house deployment platform
- Expose Kubernetes flexibility while abstracting operational complexities for developers
- Build configuration management tools for infrastructure resources
- Implement observability solutions for platform services and applications
- Design auto-scaling mechanisms for Kubernetes workloads across multi-cloud environments
- Create frictionless developer workflows from local development through production deployment
- Optimize CI/CD pipelines using Buildkite, Bazel, and related technologies
- Integrate service mesh technologies like Istio and Envoy for traffic management
- Support application monitoring and alerting with Datadog and Sentry
- Contribute to open-source projects that enhance Discord's platform ecosystem
- Mentor junior engineers on platform best practices and tooling
Benefits
- general: Competitive base salary with significant equity package
- general: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- general: 401(k) matching program for retirement savings
- general: Unlimited PTO policy with encouraged time off
- general: Annual wellness stipend for gym memberships and health services
- general: Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours
- general: Full equipment setup including high-end laptop and peripherals
- general: Professional development budget for conferences and courses
- general: Discord Nitro subscription and gaming perks
- general: Company-sponsored team retreats and social events
- general: Parental leave policy with full salary continuation
- general: Mental health support through dedicated counseling services
- general: Daily catered meals and fully stocked kitchens (SF office)
- general: Generous employee referral bonus program
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Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Senior Software Engineer, Multi Cloud Careers at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Apply Now! @ Discord.
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