Senior Data Engineer

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San Francisco, CA
In-Office
Gaming • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to talk and hang out.
The Role

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

Discord is looking for an experienced and passionate Senior Data Engineer to join our Data team! Data Engineers at Discord collaborate with data science and engineering teams to build and support foundational high-leverage data sets that power tools, analyses, and models. The data sets built by DE directly inform how we identify opportunities, measure success, and make decisions. If this sounds exciting to you and you’re passionate about data, impact, and working on an amazing team, read on!

This position is SF based only.

What you will be doing:

  • Create and maintain data pipelines and foundational datasets to support analytics, modeling, experimentation, and product/business needs
  • Design and build database architectures with massive and complex data, balancing ergonomic benefits with computational load and cost
  • Collaborate closely with data science, machine learning, and engineering teams to improve the coverage, accuracy, and reliability of instrumentation
  • Develop audits for data quality at scale, implementing alerting and anomaly detection as necessary
  • Create scalable dashboards and reports to support business objectives and enable data-driven decision making
  • Partner with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to accomplish all of the above!

What you should have

  • 4+ years of experience building data pipelines in production environments with high volumes of consumer data
  • 4+ years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining robust data models from structured and unstructured sources
  • 4+ years of experience writing accurate and effective code in SQL and Python
  • Experience implementing and monitoring audits for data quality with massive data sets (e.g. billions of rows)
  • Experience proactively identifying opportunities to improve ETL & dashboard performance and cost
  • Experience leveraging your excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to thrive in ambiguous environments where problems are not well-defined and evolve quickly
  • Experience collaborating directly with data science, machine learning, and product engineering teams
  • A desire to work with amazing, passionate people who care deeply about solving challenging problems to improve Discord
  • Last but not least - a collaborative attitude and a healthy dose of natural curiosity!

Bonus Points:

  • Passion for Discord or online communities
  • Experience owning and proactively improving the data models for a functional area leveraging deep knowledge of performant scalable patterns
  • Experience with modern data storage and processing technologies (i.e. BigQuery SQL, Airflow, and DBT or similar)
  • Experience with data visualization and dashboarding technologies (i.e. Looker, Tableau, or similar)
  • Experience with designing data architecture to power a variety of use cases, including experimentation


The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + 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. 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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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
900 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.

Why Work With Us

Imagine a workplace that not only tolerates but celebrates the unique perspectives each and every person brings to it. One that is representative of the world we want to live, play and work in. Well, imagine no more. Just as Discord gives everyone the power to belong, we are building a workplace that is welcoming and inclusive from the inside out.

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