Senior Software Engineer, Ads

Overview

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. 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, h

What you'll do

• Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• You believe in solving a problem completely rather than simply shipping a solution.
• You operate autonomously and follow through on your commitments.
• You view mistakes as learning opportunities and build upon your successes.
• You challenge yourself and those around you to continuously improve.
• Helping fellow engineers, providing feedback and guidance on system architecture, API design, data modeling, and tradeoffs.
• Bonus Points Expertise with Python and/or Rust, Typescript, React, React Native Experience in the ad space Familiarity with experimentation and analysis Contributions to open-source projects Interest or passion for the Discord platform The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,500 + equity + benefits.

Skills