Senior Software Engineer - Ads Platform & Growth

Discord; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Ads team to design and build new ad formats and infrastructure across backend and frontend. You will partner with Revenue Infrastructure, Core Tech, ML, Data Science to shape product and revenue growth.

The role emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Impact-focused with collaboration across product and data teams.
• Ownership: autonomous, full lifecycle delivery.
• Growth mindset and willingness to learn and teach.
• Mentorship: guiding other engineers on architecture and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Ads products and infra from backend to frontend.
• Partner with engineering, product, and leadership to scale ads features.
• Architect simple, maintainable systems for rapid launches and quality.
• Own projects end to end: refine requirements, design specs, and launch.
• Introduce coding and operational best practices and mentor others.

Skills

Years experience

Impact

Ownership

Growth mindset

Mentorship

Tools

Python

Rust

TypeScript

React

React Native

Job description

Discord is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Ads team to design and build new ad formats and infrastructure across backend and frontend. You will partner with Revenue Infrastructure, Core Tech, ML, Data Science to shape product and revenue growth.

The role emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.