Discord aims to demonstrate the impact of its platform on game performance and improve the success of game developers by helping them understand how building communities on Discord enhances their games. The role supports this by providing data-driven insights into Discord's value proposition for developers.
Requirements
- Analytics Infrastructure Building: 3+ years experience defining KPIs and building new data points by aggregating datasets across multiple sources. Must demonstrate ability to translate business questions into measurable metrics and create reusable data models.
- End-to-End Analytics Execution: Proven track record taking analytics vision from concept to implementation - including data point creation, SQL-based analysis, and stakeholder-ready visualizations. Should be comfortable owning the full lifecycle from requirements gathering to dashboard delivery.
- Analytics Foundation: 2+ years hands-on experience with live ops analytics (retention, engagement, monetization metrics) for gaming or large-scale live products (social platforms, streaming apps, etc.). Understanding of user lifecycle analytics and ability to connect product features to performance outcomes.
- Technical SQL Proficiency: Strong SQL skills for complex data manipulation including joins, CTEs, window functions, and aggregations. Ability to write efficient, well-documented queries that others can build upon.
- Gaming or Live Product Experience: Background in analyzing large-scale live products with millions of daily active users, including games, social platforms, and consumer applications. Experienced in user segmentation, behavioral trend analysis, and engagement measurement at scale.
- Experience with data visualization tools (Looker, Mode, Tableau)
Responsibilities
- Build net-new analytics datasets by aggregating data across multiple sources, translating business questions into measurable metrics and reusable data models
- Assess Discord SDK impact on games by analyzing how Discord's social features drive player retention, engagement, and monetization
- Own end-to-end analytics from requirements gathering through SQL-based analysis to delivering stakeholder-ready dashboards in Looker and Mode
- Support high-volume ad hoc analytics requests for developer conversations, SDK integrations, and partnership decisions
- Collaborate with product managers, data engineers, and data scientists on strategic analytics initiatives
- Create self-service analytics solutions that enable the DBO team to access insights independently
Other
- Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties).
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- The Hiring Manager would like folks to be in the office 3 days a week.
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $156,000 - $175,500 + equity + benefits.
