Lead Data Engineer — Analytics Platform & Governance

Triwill Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 279,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the technical vision for its analytics data platform. You will design and scale curated datasets and data models, collaborating with Data Governance, Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering.

This senior role requires expert SQL and Python, experience with data quality, governance, and a mindset for auditability. You will mentor engineers, drive engineering best practices, and help ensure reliable, self-serve data for internal and external

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data and software engineering focusing on curated datasets.
• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining data infrastructure used by data teams at scale.
• Expert-level SQL and strong Python skills, with solid fundamentals in version control and CI/CD.
• Proven experience implementing data quality audits, monitoring systems, and automated remediation for massive datasets.
• Strong business acumen and communication skills, translating ambiguous business questions into metric definitions and explaining complex implementations.
• Track record of hands-on collaboration with Data Science, Finance, and Product teams.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and architectural direction for analytics data infrastructure, building and maintaining enterprise-scale curated datasets and data models.
• Own the design and implementation of data governance programs end to end, by partnering with stakeholders and translating policy requirements into flexible infrastructure.
• Design and build data abstractions and analytical frameworks using SQL, Python, and modern data stack technologies.
• Develop data quality frameworks, monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting at massive scale, with governance, lineage tracking, and change management rigor.
• Drive adoption of consistent data modeling patterns, naming conventions, documentation norms, and metric governance standards across the data organization.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives across product verticals and mentor engineers to accelerate delivery and harden data systems.
• Navigate ambiguity and make sound technical decisions with incomplete information, balancing short-term delivery with long-term infrastructure investment.

Skills

Data engineering

SQL

Python

Data governance

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

CI/CD

Job description

Discord is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the technical vision for its analytics data platform. You will design and scale curated datasets and data models, collaborating with Data Governance, Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering.

This senior role requires expert SQL and Python, experience with data quality, governance, and a mindset for auditability. You will mentor engineers, drive engineering best practices, and help ensure reliable, self-serve data for internal and external