Staff Data Scientist, Strategic Research & Reporting

Discord•San Francisco, CA

15d•$248,000 - $279,000

About The Position

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. 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! If you’re passionate about data, impact, and working on an amazing team, read on!

Requirements

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
Last but not least - a collaborative attitude and a healthy dose of natural curiosity!
Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties).

Nice To Haves

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

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

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