Engineering Manager, Ads Formats

Discord is a platform used by over 200 million people for gaming and social interaction. They are seeking a technical and mission-focused Engineering Manager to lead their Ads team, responsible for building and scaling ad formats that enhance user experience while driving revenue.

Responsibilities:

• Work with Product, Design, Business Development and Marketing to drive your team’s vision and roadmap
• Lead a team of engaged full stack engineers by hiring, coaching, and instilling best practices
• Instill a culture that both drives both impactful results and delights the end user
• Use your technical expertise to make appropriate tradeoffs and ensure your team is designing scalable technical solutions and delivering high-quality products
• Instill a culture that both drives impactful results and delights the end user
• Make sound first-principle decisions around resourcing and communicating the rationale clearly to partners and team members
• Partner with your org leader on strategic planning and to improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy

Requirements:

• 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
• You understand the gaming industry
• Prior experience with ad tech (especially tooling, measurement and targeting)
• Strong track record of driving measurable impact through experimentation and data driven decision making
• You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications