Staff Software Engineer, Audio/Video Infrastructure

Job Description

Discord is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Audio/Video Infrastructure team. This role involves building and scaling real-time audio and video systems that power Discord's communication platform, used by millions globally. The engineer will collaborate with product teams to add new features and optimize the quality and reliability of the system. This is an opportunity to tackle challenging problems and contribute to a large-scale communication platform.Responsibilities:

• Build large scale realtime Audio & Video systems
• Scale the system and optimize quality and reliability for users
• Transitioning our infrastructure to running on the edge for lower latency
• Collaborate with product teams to add new features.
• Work with a talented team of engineers.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience working with video infrastructure
• Prior experience working with large scale systems
• Experience working with WebRTC, HLS or DASH
• Understanding of observability and monitoring
• Comfortable reading and writing code in large existing codebases

Benefits:

• Equity
• Benefits