221K–245K USD / year
Senior Data Engineer, Ads
DataOn-site — San Francisco Bay Area
Published on 2026-09-29
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About this role
Discord is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the technical vision and strategy for advertising product data. This role involves building and maintaining data pipelines while driving data-driven insights for product transformation.
About the company
Discord is a communication platform designed for creating communities, where users can connect via voice, video, and text. It serves gamers and various interest groups, offering tools for social interaction, collaboration, and community-building.
What you'll do
- Design and own core ads data models.
- Build and maintain ML data for ads ranking and targeting.
- Build conversion measurement pipelines integrating third-party attribution.
- Develop data quality frameworks and monitoring systems.
- Identify data infrastructure gaps and design solutions.
- Build systems in a rapidly evolving data environment.
- Drive alignment across various teams.
- Mentor engineers through technical challenges.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in data pipelines.
- Deep expertise in digital advertising data engineering.
- Experience in greenfield environments.
- Expert-level SQL and Python skills.
- Experience with data quality audits and monitoring systems.
- Strong technical communication skills.
- Collaborative mindset with cross-functional experience.
Nice to have
- Passion for Discord or gaming communities.
- Experience with data visualization tools.
- Experience in designing data architecture for various use cases.
- Experience with data AI tools.
- Experience with near real-time or streaming pipeline infrastructure.