Engineering Manager, Data Platform

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games. Every day, hundreds of millions of gamers gather on Discord to hang out, strategize their next raid, celebrate tournament victories, and build communities around the games they love.

Behind every voice channel, every streamer Go Live, every Quest completed, there's data, petabytes of it, telling the story of how people connect through gaming. We're looking for an Engineering Manager who gets excited about building world-class teams and data infrastructure at massive scale. Someone who cares deeply about the communities we serve and is passionate about developing engineers who build lovable products for Discord users and Discord engineers alike.

You'll lead a team building the next generation Data Platform that powers decisions for one of the most vibrant platforms in the world. If you're the kind of leader who lights up when coaching engineers, making tough technical decisions, and wants your team's work to directly impact millions worldwide, we want to talk to you. To learn more about Discord's Data Platform, read our engineering blog, including how we built our modern data stack leveraging open-source tools!

This position is based in our San Francisco office. ) Cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS, GCP, Azure) or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) 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.

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.

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, and helps developers build and grow their businesses.

Compensation

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