Staff Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform

What you'll be doing

• Design, build, and support Discord's next generation experimentation platform: scope of work would include 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 many millions of users every day
• Deliver business results by collaborating with stakeholders across Discord to experiment on features, machine learning models and more.

What you should have

• You have 7+ years of experience as a full-stack SWE
• You have built internal tools, and are familiar with A/B testing and statistical frameworks.
• You have experience with experimentation tooling; experience building core parts of experimentation platforms from scratch is a huge plus.
• You have extensive experience leading complex technical projects with successful outcomes; you can take a high-level goal and achieve a shippable solution
• You have built systems with strong data governance controls that respect privacy and security principles.
• You are proficient in Python and SQL. Experience with Typescript or Rust is a plus.
• Experience and with and/or exposure to 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.

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. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

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. 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!

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