Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Ads

Discord•San Francisco, CA

10d•Remote

About The Position

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 Software Engineer to join our growing Ads team. Our team is revolutionizing the way users interact with our platform through innovative ads 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!

Requirements

Full-stack experience with hands on experience with Typescript, React, Python or equivalents
Strive for excellence mentality. You believe in solving a problem completely rather than simply shipping a solution. You have high attention to detail, and can deliver on building beautiful products.
Collaboration. Your updates are transparent and highlight both everything that’s going great and going wrong with a project - bringing your team along for the ride. In addition, you can build strong relationships with your teammates around you.
A growth mindset. You view mistakes as learning opportunities and build upon your successes. You challenge yourself and those around you to continuously improve.
4+ years of experience, working with similar technologies.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with experimentation tooling and analysis
React Native and Mobile development (iOS/Android)
Contributions to open-source projects
Interest or passion for the Discord platform

Responsibilities

Build new ads products from the backend to the frontend that deliver direct value to users through rewards
Build a platform that enable advertisers and operations teams to manage their ad campaigns
Make architectural improvements to improve the long term maintenance of our products and systems
Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to create delightful products that people love
Work with our analytics and experimentation frameworks to help optimize our ads products
Stay up-to-date on the latest industry technologies