Senior Data Scientist, Analytics - Platform Ecosystem

Discord is seeking an experienced and passionate data scientist to join our world-class Data Science & Analytics team! This role is a Senior Data Scientist position on the Platform Ecosystem team. The Platform Ecosystem team is a collaborative, cross-functional team, chartered with building Discord’s app platform. The org’s responsibilities include, building tools for third-party developers to create remarkable experiences on Discord, developing first-party experiences for friends to hangout, and aiding users in discovering and integrating these experiences to their own communities. 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!

What youll be doing

• Partner with teams throughout Discord through the full lifecycle of data analytics from ideation and exploratory analysis, to building dashboards and reports, and A/B testing
• Define KPIs and diagnostic 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 performant and efficient 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
• Last but not least - a collaborative attitude and a healthy dose of natural curiosity!

Bonus Points

• Passion for Discord and/or online communities
• Experience with analytics for social media or gaming, including familiarity with concepts such as virality, re-engagement, cohort analysis, funnel analysis, etc
• Experience with user growth concepts such as acquisition, engagement and retention
• Experience working closely with business teams in a data-driven culture
• Experience writing performant code in BigQuery SQL

## LI-Remote

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.