Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.
Data Engineer, Ads (P3)
Discord seeks a skilled data engineer to join our Data team, focusing on our advertising products. In this role, you will own the data infrastructure that powers Discord's ad identity and audience capabilities - including Identity Graph crosswalk tables, audience resolution pipelines, and targeting data that downstream systems consume. You will design and maintain sophisticated data pipelines, datasets, and analytical tools while partnering closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.
This role works heavily with Data Science, Ads Engineering, product, and external measurement partners. If you're energized by owning a critical data domain end-to-end and building infrastructure that directly powers advertising products, we encourage you to apply.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own and maintain complex data pipelines and foundational datasets within the identity and audience domain, including pipelines that resolve user identities across hashed emails, device IDs, and partner identifiers
- Design and build ETL processes, data models, and analytical frameworks using SQL, Python, and modern data stack technologies
- Develop and maintain data quality audits, monitoring systems, and alerting infrastructure for your domain
- Ingest and process advertiser-provided custom audiences, managing partner data integrations with external platforms
- Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable data solutions
- Break down complex projects (e.g., IDG Phase 2, CAPI support) into phased deliverables that ship incremental value
- Own prioritization within your domain, balancing roadmap commitments with operational needs and ad-hoc requests
- Share learnings and support teammates encountering identity/PII data challenges
What You Should Have
- 3+ years of hands-on experience writing production code and architecting data pipelines with high-volume consumer data, preferably in advertising technology domains (ad delivery, targeting, identity, measurement)
- 3+ years of direct experience designing, coding, and maintaining data models and systems handling structured and unstructured data sources
- Strong coding abilities in SQL, Python, and modern data engineering frameworks with demonstrated ability to write performant, maintainable code
- Experience implementing and maintaining data quality audits and monitoring systems for large-scale datasets
- Solid technical communication skills to explain implementations to stakeholders and collaborate effectively across functions
- Ability to own a domain end-to-end: design, implementation, stakeholder management, and adoption
- Collaborative mindset with intellectual curiosity and commitment to technical excellence
Bonus Points
- Passion for Discord or gaming
- Experience with identity resolution, customer data platforms, or partner data integrations
- Experience working with PII in privacy-compliant architectures (hashing, encryption, compliance workflows)
- Experience with modern data storage and processing technologies (BigQuery, Airflow, Dagster, dbt, or similar)
- Experience with third-party advertising data—MMPs, ad platforms, or measurement partners
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + 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?
Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!
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