Staff Data Engineer, Ads
Core
Drive technical vision and strategy for ads data engineering, building sophisticated data pipelines, datasets, and analytical tools to power Discord's advertising products.
Role type
Staff Data Engineer (Advertising)
Builds
Scalable data infrastructure for ad delivery, ranking, targeting, attribution, and ML feature development.
Domain
Digital Advertising Technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Data pipeline architecture, SQL, Python, Identity resolution, Conversion measurement, Streaming/batch processing, Data quality frameworks, Cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
Kafka, Spark Streaming, Looker/Tableau, Data visualization
Technologies
BigQuery, dbt, Dagster, Kafka, Spark Streaming
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for ads data infrastructure; Design and own core ads data models; Build and maintain ML data infrastructure; Build conversion measurement pipelines and integrate third-party attribution data; Design and maintain identity resolution infrastructure; Build batch and near real-time pipeline infrastructure; Develop data quality frameworks and monitoring systems; Proactively identify foundational data infrastructure gaps; Drive alignment across Data Science, ML Engineering, Ads Product, and GTM teams; Mentor engineers through technical challenges.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
