Senior Data Engineer

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Overview

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.

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Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.

This position is US based only.

Discord is looking for Senior Data Engineers to join our world class Data team. Data Engineers at Discord work with data science, machine learning, and engineering teams to build the foundational datasets behind our tools, analyses, and models. The data you build directly shapes how we find opportunities, measure success, and make product and business decisions. We are hiring for multiple verticals including Gaming Intelligence and GRC. If this sounds exciting to you and you’re passionate about data, impact, and working on an amazing team, read on!

Responsibilities

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→4+ years of experience building and operating production data pipelines with high volumes of consumer data
→Strong data modeling skills across structured and unstructured sources
→Proficiency in SQL and Python, with a focus on correct, performant, maintainable code
→Experience implementing and monitoring data quality checks on very large datasets (e.g. billions of rows)
→A track record of owning complex projects end to end: breaking them into phases and balancing speed, usability, and risk
→Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, and comfort working on problems that are ambiguous and change quickly
→A collaborative approach and natural curiosity

Nice to Have

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Passion for Discord or online communities
Experience with BigQuery, Airflow, and dbt, or similar tools
Experience with Looker, Tableau, or similar dashboarding tools
Experience designing data architecture for experimentation, creating frameworks that scale instead of one-off solutions
Experience mentoring other engineers or setting data engineering standards for a team

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $220,500 to $245,000 + 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.

Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.

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