Senior Data Scientist Analytics Messaging Experience at Discord

What you'll be doing
Partner with engineering, product and operations teams through the full lifecycle of data analytics from ideation and exploratory analysis, to building dashboards and reports
Define KPIs and diagnostic metrics that help improve the user experience, encapsulating these measures in clean, crisp and performant dashboards that provide the company with timely and actionable information
Dive deep into our data to understand our users, their patterns of guild/server usage, and the ways they use our platform to communicate with friends
Use our amazing infrastructure to quickly and easily build custom data sets to monitor novel product features and processes (internal/external)
Drive strategic thinking in various areas, including a strong focus in understanding the gaming ecosystem and the various ways we can drive value for gamers of all types!
Proactively socialize insights, dashboards, and reports with technical and non-technical audiences, soliciting feedback on areas 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, along with data assets that drive an understanding and measurement of the metric trees in our areas of coverage
You'll Thrive In This Role If (not hard qualifications - if you're not sure, please apply!)
4+ years of experience autonomously translating ambiguous business problems into deep informative insights through hands-on analytics
4+ years experience writing excellent SQL
4+ years of experience building performant dashboards using Tableau, Looker, or a similar software - with proficiency in designing clean crisp visualizations
2+ years acting as a strategic thought leader with partner teams, helping define success metrics, set targets, and design proactive analyses that help the team achieve its goals.
2+ years of experience in the design, analysis, and interpretation of A/B tests in a large data environment
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complicated findings or technical approaches in easy-to-understand ways
A desire to work in a fast-paced environment with many unsolved problems!
Last but not least - a collaborative attitude and a healthy dose of natural curiosity!
Bonus Points
Experience with audio/video related data
Experience optimizing internal processes
Interest in the gaming industry
Experience with writing production ETL
Experience with technical leadership, being the point person for one or more stakeholder groups
Experience with statistical analysis using R, Python, or advanced SQL.
Passion for Discord
New York City residents only: Minimum salary of $175,000 year + equity and benefits*Note: Disclosure as required by NYC Pay Transparency LawColorado residents only: Minimum salary of $14000 year + equity and benefits*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20).
Benefits and Perks
Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental, and Vision (Plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
19+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO, use-what-you-need sick days and volunteer time off
Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
Generous stipends for headphones, your remote work setup, and lunch on a daily basis (while we're all remote)
Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups
Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees 
About Us
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.
In a world of polarization, social curation, and loneliness, Discord is working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider. We believe in the value of genuine human connection, which can so easily be lost online. So we’re building a space where everyone can find belonging from the inside out. If this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!
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Benefits and Perks
Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days 
Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
Volunteer time off
A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups 
Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees
About Us
Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.
We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!
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