Discord

Technology

SeniorSoftwareEngineer,AdsMeasurement&Targeting

$196–245k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer, Ads Measurement & Targeting at Discord. Skills: Ads products, Infrastructure development, Revenue growth. Design Ads products. Build Ads products”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive revenue growth; Enhance user engagement

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Solving problems completely

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of experience, 2 years in relevant roles

Nice to Have

Expertise with Python, Expertise with Rust, Expertise with Typescript, Expertise with React, Expertise with React Native, Familiarity with experimentation, Familiarity with analysis, Contributions to open-source projects, Interest in Discord platform

What You'll Do.

Maintain Ads products

Collaborate with engineers

Partner with leadership

Design digital advertising features

Develop digital advertising features

Scale digital advertising features

Introduce best practices

Own projects end to end

Create technical designs

Create technical specs

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineers on team; Engineers off team; Revenue Infrastructure teams; Core Tech teams; Machine Learning teams; Data Science teams; Engineering leadership; Product leadership; Cross-functional leadership

Full Job Description

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and 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. Our team is revolutionizing the way users interact with our platform through innovative ad formats (including Quests). 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 be doing Design, build and maintain new Ads products and infrastructure from the backend to frontend. Collaborate with both engineers on and off the team - from our Revenue Infrastructure and Core Tech teams to our Machine Learning and Data Science teams. 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 and teaching. Own projects e

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