Data Scientist - Client Platform
Join Discord as a Data Scientist to enhance app performance and user experience for millions of gamers.
Posted by employer 6 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 5 hours ago
What you'll build
- Partner with teams throughout the analytics lifecycle
- Define KPIs and build dashboards
- Build custom datasets to monitor product features
- Share insights with audiences
- Champion A/B testing best practices
Must have
- 2+ years of hands-on analytics experience
- Experience designing, analyzing, and interpreting A/B tests
- Strong SQL skills
- Clear communication skills
Nice to have
- Passion for Discord or online communities
- Experience with performance/reliability analytics
- Familiarity with social or subscription products
- Production ETL or BigQuery experience
- Experience using AI in data science work
Requirements
- Experience
- 2+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Data Scientist on the Client Platform team at Discord, the individual will focus on enhancing app performance and user experience through data-driven insights and experimentation. Key skills include strong SQL proficiency and experience with A/B testing, alongside the ability to create actionable dashboards. This position is ideal for someone with at least two years of analytics experience, particularly in online services, who thrives in collaborative environments. The team is dedicated to improving the reliability of Discord's platform, making it a critical role in the company's mission.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 6 days ago — first seen on Joblaze September 25, 2026. Last confirmed on Discord's careers page October 1, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Data Science roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 81% of 27 comparable mid data science roles in United States that list SQL we track (median $120,700 across 18 companies). See SQL salary trends
- SQL appears in 74.6% of 63 comparable mid data science roles in United States; Tableau appears in 15.9% of 63 comparable mid data science roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Discord lists $160,000–$200,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Data Scientist - Client Platform role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Looker, SQL, Tableau.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Discord targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Data Scientist - Client Platform role at Discord.
From the original posting
Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. 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.
Discord is where millions of people hang out every day - 90% of them play games, spending over 5 billion hours across thousands of titles each month. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.
We’re looking for a Data Scientist to join our Client Platform Data Science team, where you’ll help make sure that Discord just works. You’ll partner with the teams that design, build, and support Discord - improving app performance, enhancing the user experience, and driving growth. Your work will span strategic analyses, experimentation, and dashboarding. Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can help us take Discord’s mobile and desktop reliability to the next level through better metrics, monitoring, and automation.
If you’re passionate about data and want to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
What you'll be doing
- Partner with teams throughout Discord through the full analytics lifecycle - from exploratory analyses to dashboards, reports, and A/B testing
- Define KPIs and diagnostic metrics that improve the user experience, and build dashboards to make them timely and actionable
- Build custom datasets to monitor novel product features and processes
- Share insights with technical and non-technical audiences, and iterate based on feedback
- Champion A/B testing best practices - helping teams design, analyze, and interpret experiments correctly
- Collaborate with data and engineering teams to design scalable and future-proof instrumentation and self-serve tooling
What you should have
- 2+ years of hands-on analytics experience turning ambiguous business problems into clear, actionable insights
- Experience designing, analyzing, and interpreting A/B tests at scale
- Strong SQL skills and experience building clean, performant dashboards (Tableau, Looker, or similar)
- Clear communication skills, with the ability to make complex findings easy to understand
- Curiosity, a collaborative attitude, and a drive to solve hard problems
Bonus Points
- Passion for Discord or online communities
- Experience with performance/reliability analytics for online services
- Familiarity with social or subscription products (social graphs, LTV, funnel analysis)
- Production ETL or BigQuery experience
- Experience using AI in data science work
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000 to $200,000 + 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?
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