Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform Specialist

2 days ago


San Francisco, California, United States Discord Full time
Machine Learning Platform Software Engineer

Discord is a leading platform for gamers and communities, with over 200 million active users each month. Our platform plays a unique role in the future of gaming, and we're looking for a skilled software engineer to join our Machine Learning Platform team.

This position is responsible for designing and building the platform that ML engineers and data scientists use to understand and delight Discord's users. You will work on feature stores, real-time data processing, LLM tooling, and model serving at scale.

We're looking for someone with 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in data or backend systems. You should have experience with orchestration systems, such as Airflow, Dagster, or Argo, and have put machine learning models into production.

As a member of our team, you will collaborate with model builders to ensure a smooth path from idea to production, set best practices in machine learning at Discord, and create foundational datasets and models.

We offer a competitive salary range of $246,000 to $270,400, plus equity and benefits. If you're passionate about machine learning and gaming, and want to be part of a dynamic team, apply now.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and build the platform ML engineers and data scientists use to understand and delight Discord's users
  • Evaluate and integrate new machine learning frameworks and tools
  • Collaborate with model builders to ensure a smooth path from idea to production
  • Set best practices in machine learning at Discord
  • Create foundational datasets and models

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of experience working as a software engineer in data or backend with exposure to large datasets or distributed systems
  • 4+ years working on platforms or infrastructure
  • 2+ years working on machine learning platforms
  • Know-how with orchestration systems (such as Airflow, Dagster, or Argo)
  • You've put machine learning models into production

Bonus Points:

  • Experience with real-time data processing (Spark, Flink, Dataflow, Kafka, Pulsar, etc.)
  • Experience debugging and maintaining live production systems on Kubernetes
  • Experience building ML models using modern frameworks

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. 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.



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