Data Scientist - Client Platform

San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco · USD 160,000-200,000 · 2+ years experience · Posted Sep 24, 2026

At a glance

Discord is looking for a Data Scientist to join the Client Platform Data Science team to help make sure that Discord just works.
The role involves partnering with teams that design, build, and support Discord by improving app performance, enhancing the user experience, and driving growth.
Work will span strategic analyses, experimentation, and dashboarding to take mobile and desktop reliability to the next level.

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 by 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

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

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