Senior Software Engineer

Discord is a voice, video and text platform that helps friends come together to hang out, play games and have fun. Founded in 2015, Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, focusing on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

Discord is looking for a highly technical, creative, hands-on, and impact-focused Senior Software Engineer to join its growing Ads team. The team is revolutionizing the way users interact with the platform through innovative ad formats (including Quests), building a win-win-win suite of distribution tools for game developers, players, and Discord.

• Design, build and maintain new Ads products and infrastructure from the backend to frontend.
• Collaborate with engineers on and off the team - from Revenue Infrastructure, to Core Tech, to Machine Learning, to Data Science.
• 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 quick launch and iteration 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 & teaching.
• Own projects end to end — working with Product and other stakeholders to refine requirements, creating technical designs and specs, implementing changes, and seeing projects through to launch and maintenance.

• 5+ years of experience
• A focus on impact: sharp eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great; collaborate closely with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to define great solutions.
• A sense of ownership: believe in solving a problem completely rather than simply shipping a solution; operate autonomously and follow through on commitments.
• A growth mindset: view mistakes as learning opportunities and build upon successes; challenge yourself and those around you to continuously improve.
• A love of mentorship: help fellow engineers, provide feedback and guidance on system architecture, API design, data modeling, and tradeoffs.

• 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 $245,000 + equity + benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role and level; individual pay is determined by additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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