Engineering Manager, Ads

Remote from: USA
Annual salary, USD: 223,000 - 245,500
Job function: Software Engineering
Job type: Full Time,
Job posted: 19 Jan 2025
Apply before: 18 Feb 2025
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Imagine a place

Computer Software
2015

5.0 Rated

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

We’re looking for a technical, hands-on, and mission-focused Engineering Manager to join our Ads team. This org just started last year and is growing fast. You’ll be responsible for building and scaling our ads platform from its foundations. You will lead a full-stack team of engineers working across platforms to build revenue driving products and services at Discord.

What You’ll Be Doing

Work with Product, Design, Business Development and Marketing to drive your team’s vision and roadmap
Build a team of engaged engineers by hiring, coaching, and instilling best practices
Collaborate on designing scalable technical solutions, and help to set the technical strategy of our ads architecture
Instill a culture that both drives both impactful results and delights the end user
Use your technical expertise and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at the high technical level we set
Make sound first-principle decisions around resourcing, and making the rationale clear to partners and team members
Partner with your senior manager on strategic planning and to improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy

What you should have

You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
You have 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems
You take pride in delivering a delightful experience for end users, stakeholders and anyone you work with
You are motivated to help your team members succeed and have experience growing engineers
Code doesn’t scare you – you are still an engineer even if you don’t do it all the time

Bonus Points

You understand the gaming industry
Prior experience with ad tech (especially tooling, measurement and targeting)
You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $223,000 to $245,500 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

Why Discord?

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We’re a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!

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