Senior Data Scientist, Analytics - Core Product

Discord is seeking an experienced and passionate Senior 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.

We're specifically hiring for the Core Product Data Science team, and you will focus primarily on user engagement, user experience, and growth from a product lens. You'd partner closely with Product, Design, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to enhance our understanding of user engagement and identify levers for growth. If you’re driven by data, eager to make a meaningful impact, and excited to collaborate with an amazing team, we want to hear from you!

What you'll be doing

• Partner with teams throughout Discord through the full lifecycle of data science analytics from ideation and exploratory analysis to building dashboards and reports, and A/B testing.
• Define KPIs and 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

• 4+ years of experience autonomously translating ambiguous business problems into deep informative insights through hands-on analytics.
• 4+ years of experience building performant dashboards using Tableau, Looker, or similar software - with proficiency in designing clean crisp visualizations.
• 3+ years experience writing excellent SQL.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complicated findings or technical approaches in easy-to-understand ways.
• 2+ years of experience in the design, analysis, and interpretation of A/B tests in a large data environment.
• A desire to work with amazing, passionate people who care deeply about solving challenging problems to improve Discord.
• A collaborative attitude and a healthy dose of natural curiosity!

Bonus Points

• Passion for Discord or online communities.
• Experience with technical leadership, being the point person for one or more stakeholder groups.
• Experience 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 in user engagement and growth problems.
• Experience writing performant code in BigQuery SQL.
• Experience with writing production ETL.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000 to $201,500 + 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.

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