Data Engineering Manager
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 looking for an experienced manager to join our Data Engineering function! Data Engineers at Discord collaborate with data science and engineering teams to design, build, and scale high-leverage datasets that enable analytics, modeling, and experimentation. As a Data Engineering Manager, you will establish and drive a vision for data architecture and data quality across multiple company verticals. If this sounds exciting to you and you're passionate about data, impact, and leading an amazing team, read on!
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop and execute a roadmap to build and optimize foundational datasets to ensure delivery of high-quality ergonomic data across multiple company verticals
- Develop and execute a roadmap to establish data quality as a given, at scale
- Partner with data platform teams to identify opportunities to improve infrastructure and influence their roadmaps accordingly
- Inform architectural decisions, establish best practices, develop lean scalable processes, and contribute to the overall direction of the data organization at Discord
- Grow a world-class team, expanding the impact and reach of data at Discord
- Establish a collaborative culture that thrives on innovation and impact
What you should have
- 4+ years experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or data architecture
- 2+ years experience as a data engineering manager and have successfully managed multiple individual contributors
- Experience hiring and growing data engineers
- 4+ years of experience in developing robust data models based off of structured and unstructured sources at massive scale
- 4+ years of experience writing accurate and effective code in SQL and Python
- An ability to explain complex concepts in easy-to-understand ways and navigate environments where problems are not well-defined (and evolve quickly)
- Experience leveraging your excellent communication skills to thrive in areas where problems are not well-defined and evolve quickly
- Experience proactively identifying opportunities to improve ETL and dashboard performance and cost
- 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 natural curiosity
Bonus Points
- Passion for Discord or online communities
- Experience working with Revenue, Ads, or Gaming domains
- Experience owning and proactively improving data models, implementing best practices, and influencing large-scale change
- Experience collaborating directly with data science, infrastructure, and product engineering teams
- Experience with modern data storage and processing technologies (i.e. BigQuery SQL, Looker, Airflow, and DBT or similar)
- Experience designing data architecture to power a variety of uses cases, including machine learning and experimentation
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + 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.
Why Discord?
Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!
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