Staff Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform

About the role

Discord is a rapidly scaling company that puts Data at the heart of its decision-making and future growth. The Experimentation team at Discord is responsible for building the tools, systems, and processes that empower Discord employees to continually test hypotheses and improve our product in a data-informed way. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of Discord's next-generation experimentation platform, including building state-of-the-art AI-assisted experimentation workflows. You will lead and mentor engineers, fostering their growth and enhancing their skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support Discord's next-generation experimentation platform: scope of work includes core services, data pipelines, configuration tooling, statistical analysis tools, and UX.
• Collaborate with external (sometimes non-technical) stakeholders and customers throughout the company.
• Understand and influence product telemetry practices to support experimentation needs.
• Use your technical expertise to build delightful user experience and high-scale data systems that power internal teams and product features used by millions of users daily.
• Deliver business results by collaborating with stakeholders across Discord to experiment on features, machine learning models, and more.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a full-stack software engineer.
• Experience building internal tools, and familiarity with A/B testing and statistical frameworks.
• Experience with experimentation tooling; experience building core parts of experimentation platforms from scratch is a huge plus.
• Extensive experience leading complex technical projects with successful outcomes; ability to take a high-level goal and achieve a shippable solution.
• Built systems with strong data governance controls that respect privacy and security principles.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL. Experience with TypeScript or Rust is a plus.
• Experience with a variety of datastores (relational, NoSQL, data warehouse solutions).
• Strong product sense and communication skills—you understand your customers and work well cross-functionally.
• A track record of developing engineers at multiple levels, and a habit of tracking industry trends to bring new techniques to technical problems.

Bonus Points

• Experience building human-in-the-loop AI systems and AI product evaluation.
• Experience with cloud-computing platforms such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS.
• Experience with modern data processing stacks.
• Full-stack development or product engineering experience.
• Deep understanding of statistics, data science, or large-scale data processing.

Pay

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + 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.

Benefits

Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.