Senior Software Engineer (Ads)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Ads): Designing and scaling digital advertising products and infrastructure from backend to frontend with an accent on revenue growth and user engagement. Focus on architecting maintainable systems and solving complex integration challenges with ML and Data Science teams.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Salary: $196,000 – $245,000 + equity

Company

Communication platform used by over 200 million people, primarily gamers, to talk and hang out.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain Ads products and infrastructure across the full stack.
• Collaborate with Revenue Infrastructure, Core Tech, Machine Learning, and Data Science teams.
• Partner with product and cross-functional leadership to develop and scale digital advertising features.
• Architect simple and maintainable systems to enable rapid iteration while sustaining high technical quality.
• Own projects end-to-end, from refining requirements and creating technical specs to launch and maintenance.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in relevant roles.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers in system architecture, API design, and data modeling.
• Strong sense of ownership and a growth mindset.
• Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Nice to have

• Expertise with Python, Rust, TypeScript, React, or React Native.
• Familiarity with experimentation and analysis.
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Passion for the Discord platform.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity packages.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Inclusive work environment with reasonable accommodations during the interview process.
• Opportunity to shape the future of digital advertising in the gaming industry.