Senior Software Engineer, Ads

<div class="content-intro"><p>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: <strong>play video games.</strong> 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.</p></div><p>We are looking for a highly technical, creative, hands-on, and impact-focused Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Ads team.</p> <p>Our team is revolutionizing the way users interact with our platform through innovative ad formats (including <a href="https://discord.com/quests">Quests</a>). 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!</p> <p>To learn more about Discord Engineering, take a look at our&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.discord.com/tagged/engineering">engineering blog!</a></p> <p><strong>What you'll be doing</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design, build and maintain new Ads products and infrastructure from the backend to frontend. Collaborate with both engineers on and off the team - from Revenue Infrastructure, to Core Tech, to Machine Learning, to Data Science.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Architect simple and maintainable systems to enable us to launch quickly and iterate while sustaining a high product and technical quality bar.</li> <li>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 &amp; teaching.</li> <li>Own projects end to end — you’ll be responsible for working with Product and other stakeholders to refine requirements, creating technical designs and specs, implementing changes, and seeing projects through to launch and maintenance.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you should have</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience</li> <li><strong>A focus on impact.</strong> 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.</li> <li&