Data Engineer - Discord

📌 Position Overview

Role: Data Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area (must be local or willing to relocate)

Type: Full-time

Salary Range: $160,000 – $180,000 base + equity + benefits

Team: Data team collaborating closely with Data Science, Engineering, and Product

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines and foundational datasets supporting analytics, modeling, and business needs.
• Design and optimize database architectures handling large-scale complex data.
• Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to improve data accuracy and reliability.
• Develop data quality audits, including alerting and anomaly detection at scale.
• Create scalable dashboards and reports to enable data-driven decision-making.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and impact.

🧠 What You Should Have

• 2+ years building production data pipelines with scalable, performant patterns.
• 2+ years designing, developing, and maintaining robust data models from diverse sources.
• Strong coding skills in SQL and Python.
• Experience with data quality monitoring and audit systems for massive datasets.
• Proactive in optimizing ETL and dashboard performance & cost.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments.
• Collaborative mindset with strong curiosity and passion for solving complex data challenges.

🌟 Bonus Points

• Passion for Discord or online communities.
• Experience owning data models and collaborating directly with data science/product teams.
• Familiarity with BigQuery, Looker, Airflow, DBT, or similar modern data technologies.
• Experience designing data architectures for experimentation and advertising data ingestion.

💼 Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $160,000 – $180,000 USD
• Equity + Benefits included

🌐 Why Join Discord?

• Work on a platform used by over 200 million people monthly, deeply involved in gaming and communities.
• Collaborate with passionate teams dedicated to innovation and user experience.
• Competitive pay, equity, and a great work environment in the SF Bay Area.