Discord · 4 weeks ago
Staff Data Scientist, Strategic Research & Reporting
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$248K/yr - $279K/yr
7+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and social interaction. They are seeking a Staff Data Scientist to join their Data Science & Analytics team, focusing on defining business metrics, conducting analyses on user behavior, and collaborating with various teams to enhance user experience.
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Responsibilities
Partner with executive and finance teams to define and govern Discord's most critical business metrics, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment across the company
Own the data governance framework for core metrics, collaborating with data engineering and platform teams to implement validation checks, monitoring systems, and quality standards that maintain trust in our data
Conduct deep-dive analyses on critical business trends and user behaviors, translating complex patterns into clear narratives that help Discord understand how the platform is evolving and where opportunities exist
Proactively socialize insights, dashboards, and reports with technical and non-technical audiences, soliciting feedback on where to improve
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience autonomously translating ambiguous business problems into deep informative insights through hands-on analysis
7+ years of experience building performant dashboards using Tableau, Looker, or similar software - with proficiency in designing clean crisp visualizations
6+ years experience writing robust, efficient and performant SQL
4+ years defining and standardizing business-critical metrics, with demonstrated ability to build consensus across high level stakeholders
2+ years collaborating with data engineering and other technical teams to implement data quality checks, validation frameworks, and governance standards
2+ years of experience in the design, analysis, and interpretation of sound A/B tests in a fast-paced environment at scale
Experience with technical leadership, being the point person for one or more stakeholder groups
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to deliver complicated findings and explain technical approaches to a variety of audiences
Ability to own complex projects from end-to-end, identifying the need for and coordinating cross-functional partnerships
Aptitude to proactively identify gaps in data infrastructure, evaluate potential solutions, and coordinate cross-functionally to address issues
A collaborative attitude and a healthy dose of natural curiosity!
Preferred
Passion for Discord and/or online communities
Experience directly supporting executive or finance teams as the owner for business-critical metrics
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 with notification system/platform and lifecycle management
Experience writing performant code in BigQuery SQL
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Relocation assistance may be available
Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$995.41MKey Investors
Flat CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupSony Interactive Entertainment
2024-03-01Secondary Market
2022-11-22Series I
2022-03-12Secondary Market· $10.86M
Leadership Team
J- C-
Board Member & Advisor to the CEO
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
CTO & Co-Founder
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