Staff Data Engineer - Data Infrastructure
DiscordCommunication Platform company
San Francisco Bay Area$279,000 to $310,000Lead
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About the role
TL;DR
Lead technical vision and strategy for Discord's analytical data infrastructure.
- •Discord is seeking a seasoned technical leader to drive the vision and strategy for its analytical data infrastructure.
- •This role will focus on building and maintaining enterprise-scale curated datasets and data models that power company-wide decisions and external reporting.
- •Key Responsibilities Define technical strategy and architectural direction for analytics data infrastructure.
- •Own the design and implementation of data governance programs end to end.
- •Design and build sophisticated data abstractions and analytical frameworks using SQL, Python, and modern data stack technologies.
- •Develop data quality frameworks, monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting at massive scale.
- •Drive adoption of consistent data modeling patterns, naming conventions, documentation norms, and metric governance standards.
- •Requirements 7+ years of experience in data and software engineering with a strong focus on building curated, consumer-facing datasets. 7+ years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining data infrastructure used by data teams at scale.
- •Expert-level SQL and strong Python skills, with solid fundamentals in version control and CI/CD.
- •Proven experience implementing data quality audits, monitoring systems, and automated remediation for massive datasets.
- •Strong business acumen and communication skills.
Required skills
SQLPythondbtCI/CD
Nice-to-have skills
BigQuery
Domain expertise
gaming
Tech stack
PythonSQLdbtBigQuery