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 seeking an experienced and passionate Staff Data Scientist to join our world-class Data Science & Analytics team! In this role, you will play a key part in helping Discord fulfill its mission of creating a sense of belonging in online communities. You’ll work closely with the teams that design, build, and support Discord, providing insights that directly influence user growth and enhance the user experience.
What You'll Be Doing
- Partner with teams throughout Discord through the full lifecycle of data science from ideation and exploratory analysis, to building dashboards and reports, and A / B testing
- Define KPIs and diagnostic metrics that help improve the user experience, encapsulating these measures in clean crisp dashboards that provide the company with timely and actionable information
- Use our amazing infrastructure to quickly and easily build custom data sets to monitor novel product features and processes
- Proactively socialize insights, dashboards, and reports with technical and non-technical audiences, soliciting feedback on where to improve
- Be a champion of A / B testing and help groups throughout the company design, analyze, and interpret A / B tests correctly
- Collaborate with data and engineering teams to design scalable and future-proof instrumentation
What You Should Have
7+ years of experience autonomously translating ambiguous business problems into deep informative insights through hands-on analysis7+ years of experience building performant dashboards using Tableau, Looker, or similar software - with proficiency in designing clean crisp visualizations6+ years experience writing robust, efficient and performant SQL4+ years of experience in the design, analysis, and interpretation of sound A / B tests in a fast-paced environment at scaleExperience with technical leadership, being the point person for one or more stakeholder groupsExcellent communication skills, with the ability to deliver complicated findings and explain technical approaches to a variety of audiencesAbility to own complex projects from end-to-end, identifying the need for and coordinating cross-functional partnershipsAptitude to proactively identify gaps in data infrastructure, evaluate potential solutions, and coordinate cross-functionally to address issuesLast but not least - a collaborative attitude and a healthy dose of natural curiosity!Bonus points
Passion for Discord and / or online communitiesExperience with analytics for social media or international subscription-based online services, including familiarity with concepts such as social graphs, LTV analysis, funnel analysis, etc.Experience with notification system / platform and lifecycle management.Experience writing performant code in BigQuery SQLCandidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area. Relocation assistance may be available. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + equity + 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.
Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
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