Discord · 2 days ago
Senior Software Engineer, Ads
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$196K/yr - $220K/yr
4+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and social interaction. They are seeking a highly technical and creative Senior Software Engineer to join their Ads team, focusing on innovative ad formats and enhancing user engagement while driving revenue growth.
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Responsibilities
Design, build and maintain new Ads products and infrastructure from the backend to frontend
Collaborate with both engineers on and off the team - from Revenue Infrastructure, to Core Tech, to Machine Learning, to Data Science
Be a strategic partner with engineering, product, and cross functional leadership in designing, developing and scaling digital advertising features that drive revenue growth and enhance user engagement
Architect simple and maintainable systems to enable us to launch quickly and iterate while sustaining a high product and technical quality bar
Model strong ownership by acting autonomously when possible and looping in others to build confidence on critical questions
Introduce coding and operational best practices to the team; always be learning & teaching
Own projects end to end — you’ll be responsible for working with Product and other stakeholders to refine requirements, creating technical designs and specs, implementing changes, and seeing projects through to launch and maintenance
Qualification
Required
A focus on impact. You have a sharp eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great. You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems
A sense of ownership. You believe in solving a problem completely rather than simply shipping a solution. You operate autonomously and follow through on your commitments
A growth mindset. You view mistakes as learning opportunities and build upon your successes. You challenge yourself and those around you to continuously improve
A love of mentorship. Helping fellow engineers, providing feedback and guidance on system architecture, API design, data modeling, and tradeoffs
Domain knowledge. We're looking for engineers with experience in the ad delivery space
4+ years of experience, with 2 years in relevant roles
Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties)
Preferred
Expertise with Typescript, React, React Native, Python and/or Rust
Familiarity with experimentation and analysis
Contributions to open-source projects
Interest or passion for the Discord platform
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Relocation assistance may be available
Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$995.41MKey Investors
Flat CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupSony Interactive Entertainment
2024-03-01Secondary Market
2022-11-22Series I
2022-03-12Secondary Market· $10.86M
Leadership Team
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Board Member & Advisor to the CEO
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
CTO & Co-Founder
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