Staff Data Engineer - Data Infrastructure
Discord · San Francisco Bay Area
Posted about 3 months ago · $245,000 to $279,000
or apply directly on Discord's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 79 days Discord's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 98% of Discord's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Discord
- high 49 stale, 0 reposted of 49 open
- Hiring momentum
- 69 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Discord's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Discord.
About this role
As a Staff Data Engineer at Discord, you will lead the technical direction for data systems that support consumer revenue initiatives like Nitro and Shop. Your responsibilities include designing data models, building production data pipelines, and collaborating with various teams to define business metrics and improve data quality. You will also mentor other data engineers and contribute to enhancing self-service analytics capabilities.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Discord as an employer.
What you need
- 7+ years of experience building and operating production data pipelines and data products
- Expert-level SQL and strong Python skills
- Experience designing robust data models from large-scale event, product, or transactional data
- Experience setting technical direction across complex projects
- Strong data quality instincts
- Experience with modern data engineering tools and workflows
Nice to have
- Passion for Discord or online communities
- Experience with subscription, payments, e-commerce, virtual currency, or other consumer monetization data
- Experience building data products for experimentation, causal measurement, or product launch evaluation
- Experience developing a semantic layer, metrics store, or self-service analytics platform
- Experience with streaming or near-real-time data systems
What you get
- Equity
- Benefits
Worth weighing
- Base salary range of $248,000 to $310,000 USD listed, but does not include equity or benefits
- The role involves significant collaboration with various teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
- Focus on consumer revenue may limit exposure to other areas of data engineering
Summarised from Discord's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Discord on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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