Discord
Senior Software Engineer, Ads
San Francisco Bay Area · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- Join us in shaping the future of digital advertising and marketplace interactions!
- To learn more about Discord Engineering, take a look at our engineering blog!
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain new Ads products and infrastructure from the backend to frontend.
- 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.
- 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.
- A love of mentorship. Helping fellow engineers, providing feedback and guidance on system architecture, API design, data modeling, and tradeoffs.
- Model strong ownership by acting autonomously when possible and looping in others to build confidence on critical questions.
- You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems.
- Helping fellow engineers, providing feedback and guidance on system architecture, API design, data modeling, and tradeoffs.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience
- You have a sharp eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great.
- We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
Compensation
- 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.
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Benefits
- Collaborate with both engineers on and off the team - from Revenue Infrastructure, to Core Tech, to Machine Learning, to Data Science.
- Introduce coding and operational best practices to the team; always be learning & teaching.
- You view mistakes as learning opportunities and build upon your successes.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Company info
- Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
- We are looking for a highly technical, creative, hands-on, and impact-focused Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Ads team.
- We are driven by a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences while scaling our platform to new heights.
- We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses.
- Join us in our mission!
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