About the company
Discord is a platform with millions of daily active users, playing a uniquely important role in the future of gaming.
Responsibilities
- Define technical strategy and architectural direction for analytics data infrastructure, building and maintaining enterprise-scale curated datasets and data models
- Own the design and implementation of data governance programs end to end, translating policy requirements into flexible and configurable infrastructure
- Design and build sophisticated data abstractions and analytical frameworks using SQL, Python, and modern data stack technologies
- Develop data quality frameworks, monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting at massive scale, with governance, lineage tracking, and change management rigor
- Drive adoption of consistent data modeling patterns, naming conventions, documentation norms, and metric governance standards
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and mentor engineers
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in data and software engineering with a strong focus on building curated, consumer-facing datasets
- 7+ years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining data infrastructure used by data teams at scale
- Expert-level SQL and strong Python skills, with solid fundamentals in version control and CI/CD
- Proven experience implementing data quality audits, monitoring systems, and automated remediation for massive datasets
- Strong business acumen and communication skills
- Track record of hands-on collaboration with Data Science, Finance, and Product teams
Conditions
- US base salary range: $245,000 to $279,000 + equity + benefits