Staff Data Scientist, Causal Inference & Experimentation

Location: San Francisco Bay Area; candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area

Salary: $279,000–$310,000 annual base salary, plus equity and benefits

Company

Discord is a multiplatform gaming and shared-interest platform that helps people connect around games and enables developers to build and grow their businesses.

What you will do

• Define the vision and roadmap for the Experimentation Platform in partnership with engineering, product, and data science stakeholders.
• Ensure experimentation methodologies and statistical frameworks follow best practices in causal inference and experimental design.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, and adoption of experimentation across Discord, including the use of AI and LLM tooling.
• Lead workshops, training sessions, and educational materials on experimentation design, statistical methodology, and causal inference.
• Conduct original causal inference research on high-priority product questions and support the Data Science organization in adopting rigorous methods.
• Work directly with data scientists, product managers, and engineers to enable fast, reliable, data-driven decisions.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading experimentation platform initiatives and validating statistical methodologies.
• PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent practical experience, plus 4+ years designing, implementing, and analyzing experiments or causal inference projects.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend statistical approaches that balance speed and reliability across product launches.
• Strong communication skills, including explaining complex statistical and experimental design concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience developing and delivering training programs or educational content related to experimentation, causal inference, or statistical analysis.
• Proficiency with Python, SQL, R, or other statistical programming languages.

Nice to have

• Experience applying causal inference methods to business decisions and outcomes.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing partners.
• Familiarity with AI and LLM tools for causal inference workflows and experimentation education.
• Causal inference-related publications or experience with literature reviews.
• Passion for Discord or gaming.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to influence experimentation strategy across a platform with more than 90 million daily active users.
• Leadership opportunities within a small, quickly growing team.
• Equity and benefits are included in addition to the base salary.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the interview process.