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# Senior Software Engineer, Ads

- **Company:** Discord Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $196,000.0 - $220,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Programming, Video Game Development, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, Rust (Programming Language), ReactJS, Backend, React Native, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Discord
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-software-engineer-ads-san-francisco-ca--0b96d977-d258-42db-b5f1-545aaf18f076

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Video Games, Gaming, Software Engineering, Games Programming, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Revenue Growth, Advertising, Blog, Data Science, * 5+ years of experience

 * A focus on impact. 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.
 * A sense of ownership. You believe in solving a problem completely rather than simply shipping a solution. You operate autonomously and follow through on your commitments.
 * A growth mindset. You view mistakes as learning opportunities and build upon your successes. You challenge yourself and those around you to continuously improve.
 * A love of mentorship. Helping fellow engineers, providing feedback and guidance on system architecture, API design, data modeling, and tradeoffs.

Bonus Points

 * 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

## Description

* 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.
 * 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 us to launch quickly and iterate 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 - 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.