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Discord

Senior Data Science Manager, Developer Platform

San Francisco Bay Area · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$304k-$380kDetected 19 hours ago
PythonSQLBigQueryMachine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceData VisualizationA/B TestingBusiness DevelopmentForecastingCommunication

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Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • Your team's job is to make both sides of that exchange demonstrably valuable.
  • If helping make Discord an even better place to hang out with your friends and communities sounds like an exciting challenge - we'd love to chat with you!
  • The base salary range for this full-time position is listed below.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, mentor, and develop a mission-driven team of Data Scientists embedded across the Developer Platform's core areas: identity, signals, and developer tools.
  • Strengthen the Discord side of the value equation by partnering with Ads, Engagement, and Growth to identify, validate, and productize platform-derived signals, and by measuring their incremental value through experimentation.
  • Serve as a trusted analytical partner to top game developers, designing joint studies with partner data science teams to uncover business value from the developer tech stack.
  • Partner with Data Engineering, Product, and Legal on data governance: ensure platform signals are documented, discoverable, and governed well across Discord.
  • Set clear priorities and nimble operating models, and build a team known for rigorous methods and decision-ready work. Partner with other Data leaders to shape the direction and culture of Discord's Data organization..
  • 3+ years managing and developing teams of Data Scientists, with a track record of growing ICs and raising the team's technical bar.
  • Experience designing novel, interpretable metrics for a new or fast-evolving product area, and building the measurement systems around them.
  • Experience building or shaping customer-facing data products such as analytics dashboards, benchmarking tools, or measurement offerings.
  • We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses.
  • Manage, mentor, and develop a mission-driven team of

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in applied data science and advanced analytics, ideally including both consumer product and B2B or platform contexts.
  • Proficiency in SQL and at least one data programming language (Python or R).
  • Experience with gaming, game platforms, or developer-facing (B2B2C) products, especially working directly with external partners' data or analytics teams.
  • Experience with cloud data platforms like BigQuery, very large datasets, and modern BI tools (e.g., Hex, Mode, Looker, Tableau).

Compensation

  • $304,000 - $380,000 USD
  • The base salary range for this full-time position is listed below.
  • Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
  • Please note that the compensation details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

Benefits

  • Own the vision and roadmap for data-driven decision-making across the Developer Platform org, and shape company strategy on how the platform creates value for both developers and Discord.

Company info

  • Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
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