Staff Software Engineer, Ads
San Francisco, CA or Remote (U.S.)
Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives. We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about. We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world. Original, reliable, playful, and relatable. These are the values that connect our users and our employees at Discord.
We are looking for a highly technical, creative, hands-on, and impact-focused Staff Engineer to join our growing Ads team.
Our team is revolutionizing the way users interact with our platform through innovative ads formats (including Quests) and robust marketplace solutions. We are driven by a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences while scaling our platform to new heights. These products enable us to generate revenue by building a win-win-win suite of distribution tools for game developers, players, and Discord. 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!
What you'll do
- Act as a technical leader and domain expert in building scalable and high-performance systems for cutting-edge ad delivery and marketplace solutions.
- 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.
- Use your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar and empower the team to deliver extraordinary results at the high technical level we set.
- Mentor and guide the careers of the engineers through coaching and finding opportunities that support their technical skillset and goals.
What we look for
- Deep domain expertise in the world of ads delivery, ads auction systems, or ads marketplace platforms.
- 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 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 …
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Benefits/PerksBenefits Comprehensive benefits Equity Equity + Benefits Full-time position Inclusive environment Learning opportunities Premium subscription
Tasks- Collaborate with cross functional teams
- Lead technical projects
- Mentor engineers
Ads Delivery Advertising API design Data Modeling Digital Advertising Leadership Mentorship Policy Privacy Software Engineering System architecture Technical Leadership User Engagement
Experience6 years
TimezonesAmerica/Anchorage America/Chicago America/Denver America/Los_Angeles America/New_York Pacific/Honolulu UTC-10 UTC-5 UTC-6 UTC-7 UTC-8 UTC-9