Data Engineer
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Job Description
Discord is hiring an experienced Data Engineer, Analytics to deliver reliable curated datasets, metric definitions, and reporting experiences.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain curated analytical datasets and data models that act as canonical sources for metrics, dashboards, and analyses
- Own metric definitions end to end, including partnering with Data Science and Product to define what to measure, implementing in production, and surfacing in visualization tools
- Build and maintain executive-level dashboards and self-serve reporting capabilities for business stakeholders
- Partner with Data Science, Product Managers, and Engineering to translate business questions into well-modeled, performant, and discoverable data assets
- Establish and enforce data quality standards using testing frameworks, documentation, and monitoring for owned datasets
- Drive consistent data modeling patterns, naming conventions, and documentation norms across the data organization
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in analytics or data engineering, with a focus on building curated, consumer-facing datasets
- 3+ years designing, developing, and maintaining robust data models from structured and unstructured sources
- 3+ years writing accurate and effective SQL
- Experience designing data models for a variety of use cases, including experimentation
- Fluency in Python (or another programming language), with solid fundamentals in version control and CI/CD practices
- Experience building and owning executive-level dashboards and reports using BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, or similar
- Strong business acumen: partner with Data Scientists and Product Managers to turn ambiguous questions into concrete metric definitions and data models
- Excellent communication and comfort serving as a connector between technical and business teams
Technologies
- SQL
- Python
- Looker
- Tableau
- dbt
- BigQuery
- CI/CD
Bonus Points
- Passion for Discord or online communities
- Experience building or contributing to a semantic layer or metrics store
- Experience with modern analytics and data engineering tools and workflows (dbt, BigQuery, or similar)
- Experience working on monetization and/or subscription products
Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA (onsite)
Salary
- USD 180,000 - 200,000 per yearly
- US base salary range for this full-time position is $180,000 to $200,000 + equity + benefits
- Compensation details in US role postings reflect base salary only and do not include equity or benefits
Interview Accommodations
- Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process
- If you need reasonable accommodations, let your recruiter know