About the Role
Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Ads team to revolutionize user interaction through innovative ad formats like Quests. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining ad products and infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving revenue growth while enhancing user engagement.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain new Ads products and infrastructure from backend to frontend.
- Collaborate with engineers on and off the team, including Revenue Infrastructure, Core Tech, Machine Learning, and Data Science teams.
- Act as a strategic partner with engineering, product, and cross-functional leadership in designing, developing, and scaling digital advertising features.
- Architect simple and maintainable systems for rapid iteration and high product/technical quality.
- Model strong ownership by acting autonomously and looping in others when necessary.
- Introduce coding and operational best practices to the team.
- Own projects end-to-end, from refining requirements with Product and stakeholders to technical design, implementation, launch, and maintenance.
Requirements
- A focus on impact, with a sharp eye for product improvements.
- A sense of ownership, believing in solving problems completely.
- A growth mindset, viewing mistakes as learning opportunities.
- A love of mentorship, providing feedback and guidance to fellow engineers.
- 4+ years of experience, with 2 years in relevant roles.
Skills
- Python
- Rust
- Typescript
- React
- React Native
- Experimentation
- Analysis
Location
- US
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $196,000 to $245,000
Benefits
- Equity
- Benefits
About the Company
- Discord is used by over 200 million people monthly, with over 90% playing video games.
- 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.
- Discord is a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests.
- We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank.
- Join us in our mission!
Equal Opportunity
- Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
- We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
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