Engineering Manager, Ads Formats Careers at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Apply Now!
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Engineering Manager, Ads Formats Careers at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Apply Now!
Job Description
Engineering Manager, Ads Formats at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area
Discord isn't just a chat app—it's the essential hub for 200 million monthly gamers spending 1.5 billion hours playing together. As Engineering Manager, Ads Formats, you'll lead the charge in building revenue-generating ad experiences that respect our gaming community while scaling to massive user volumes. This is senior-level leadership in a brand-new Ads organization with explosive growth potential.
Role Overview
The Ads Formats team at Discord is redefining how gaming communities discover content without disrupting their flow. You'll manage a full-stack team delivering innovative ad products across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. This role demands both strategic vision and hands-on technical leadership, partnering directly with Product to shape Discord's monetization future.
With 90%+ of Discord users being gamers, you'll solve unique challenges: creating non-intrusive ad formats that enhance rather than interrupt gaming sessions. Expect to balance business KPIs with user delight, leveraging your engineering expertise to make critical architecture decisions at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Your leadership will directly impact Discord's path to sustainable growth. Core responsibilities include:
- Define and execute the technical vision for ads formats, ensuring seamless integration across Discord's ecosystem
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of full-stack engineers through hiring, 1:1 coaching, and career development
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data Science, and Business Development to prioritize revenue-driving initiatives
- Drive technical excellence through scalable architecture, performance optimization, and robust testing frameworks
- Lead experimentation programs measuring ad performance against strict user experience standards
- Make resourcing decisions balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability
- Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders with clarity and confidence
- Champion Discord's engineering culture emphasizing impact, quality, and user obsession
- Regularly contribute code, conduct code reviews, and unblock critical technical impediments
- Partner with org leadership to evolve Discord's engineering management practices
Qualifications
We're seeking proven technical leaders with management experience in high-growth environments:
- 5+ years software engineering experience building scalable consumer products
- 2+ years engineering management leading full-stack teams to production success
- Demonstrated ability to partner with PMs and designers delivering user-loved features
- Hands-on coding proficiency across modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks
- Experience architecting systems handling millions of daily active users
- Proven track record growing engineers through structured coaching and feedback
- Strong ad tech knowledge (targeting, measurement, auction dynamics) preferred
- Gaming industry passion and Discord power user status highly valued
Salary & Benefits
Discord offers competitive compensation for senior Engineering Managers in the Bay Area:
- Total Compensation Range: $220,000 - $320,000+ (base + equity + bonus)
- Significant equity grant in pre-IPO gaming platform with massive growth trajectory
- Top-tier medical, dental, vision coverage with low employee premiums
- Unlimited PTO and flexible remote work supporting global gaming schedules
- Generous 401(k) match and financial planning resources
- Annual $1,500+ wellness stipend for fitness and mental health
- Professional growth budget for conferences and leadership training
- Gaming setup allowance including premium hardware and Discord Nitro
Why Join Discord?
Discord powers gaming's social layer—200M monthly users trust us with their communities. Our Ads team represents the next evolution: sustainable monetization preserving what makes Discord magical. As an early leader in this org, you'll have outsized impact shaping products used by millions of gamers daily.
Bay Area headquarters offer vibrant gaming culture, weekly catered meals, and direct access to leadership. Remote-friendly policies accommodate global teams while maintaining tight collaboration. Join a workplace obsessed with user delight, technical excellence, and making gaming more social.
Discord Engineering Culture: We ship fast, learn faster. Expect 6-week sprint cycles, data-driven iteration, and blameless postmortems. Our managers code weekly, participate in oncall rotation, and grow through our engineering leadership program.
How to Apply
Ready to build the future of gaming monetization? Submit your resume highlighting:
- Engineering management achievements with team size and impact metrics
- Specific ad tech or gaming projects demonstrating business results
- Technical contributions to scalable consumer products
- Discord username (if applicable) and favorite gaming communities
Interviews include: technical deep-dive, leadership case study, cross-functional collaboration simulation, and team fit. Discord is committed to building diverse teams representing our global gaming community. We encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, and non-traditional career paths.
Apply now to shape Discord's ads evolution from day one. Limited roles available in this fast-scaling organization.
Locations
- San Francisco, California, United States
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Salary
231,000 - 352,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Engineering Managementintermediate
- Full-Stack Developmentintermediate
- Ads Technologyintermediate
- Product Roadmap Planningintermediate
- Team Leadershipintermediate
- Scalable Systems Designintermediate
- Cross-Functional Collaborationintermediate
- Technical Tradeoff Analysisintermediate
- Hiring and Coachingintermediate
- Data-Driven Decision Makingintermediate
- Gaming Industry Knowledgeintermediate
- Ad Targeting and Measurementintermediate
- Experimentation Frameworksintermediate
- Stakeholder Communicationintermediate
- Best Practices Implementationintermediate
- Revenue Product Developmentintermediate
- User Experience Optimizationintermediate
- Strategic Planningintermediate
- Code Review and Pair Programmingintermediate
- Performance Optimizationintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Software Engineer with proven technical expertise (experience)
- 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams in fast-paced environments (experience)
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists (experience)
- Strong track record of delivering delightful user experiences and high-quality products (experience)
- Proven experience in growing and coaching engineers to achieve career success (experience)
- Comfortable writing and reviewing production code regularly as a hands-on leader (experience)
- Experience defining and executing long-term technical strategies for product teams (experience)
- Ability to make data-informed tradeoffs between scalability, performance, and features (experience)
- Familiarity with ad tech ecosystems including targeting, measurement, and tooling (experience)
- Understanding of gaming industry dynamics and user behaviors preferred (experience)
- Strong communication skills for aligning cross-functional stakeholders on priorities (experience)
- Experience driving measurable business impact through experimentation and A/B testing (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead a full-stack engineering team building scalable ads formats across Discord platforms
- Partner with Product, Design, Business Development, and Marketing to define team vision
- Develop and execute multi-quarter roadmaps that drive revenue and user engagement
- Hire top-tier engineers and provide coaching to accelerate their professional growth
- Instill engineering best practices including code quality, testing, and deployment standards
- Guide technical architecture decisions ensuring solutions scale to 200M+ monthly users
- Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize high-impact features using data and experimentation
- Jump into codebases to unblock team, perform code reviews, and solve complex problems
- Foster a culture balancing business results with exceptional end-user experiences
- Make resourcing decisions based on first-principles thinking and communicate rationale clearly
- Partner with org leadership on strategic planning and engineering organization improvements
- Drive continuous improvement in team processes, velocity, and product quality metrics
- Champion Discord's workplace philosophy and engineering culture across the organization
Benefits
- general: Competitive base salary with significant equity in a high-growth gaming platform
- general: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with premium coverage
- general: 401(k) matching program to support long-term financial wellness
- general: Unlimited PTO policy with encouragement to recharge and maintain work-life balance
- general: Annual wellness stipend for gym memberships, fitness classes, or mental health services
- general: Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours for gaming communities worldwide
- general: Generous parental leave policies supporting new parents in work and family life
- general: Professional development budget for conferences, courses, and leadership training
- general: Weekly catered lunches and fully stocked kitchens at SF Bay Area headquarters
- general: Gaming hardware budget including high-end monitors, keyboards, and peripherals
- general: Discord Nitro subscription and exclusive access to gaming events and betas
- general: Company-sponsored team building events and gaming tournaments
- general: Mental health support through licensed therapists and counseling services
- general: Learning and development programs focused on technical leadership growth
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Job Description
Engineering Manager, Ads Formats at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area
Discord isn't just a chat app—it's the essential hub for 200 million monthly gamers spending 1.5 billion hours playing together. As Engineering Manager, Ads Formats, you'll lead the charge in building revenue-generating ad experiences that respect our gaming community while scaling to massive user volumes. This is senior-level leadership in a brand-new Ads organization with explosive growth potential.
Role Overview
The Ads Formats team at Discord is redefining how gaming communities discover content without disrupting their flow. You'll manage a full-stack team delivering innovative ad products across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. This role demands both strategic vision and hands-on technical leadership, partnering directly with Product to shape Discord's monetization future.
With 90%+ of Discord users being gamers, you'll solve unique challenges: creating non-intrusive ad formats that enhance rather than interrupt gaming sessions. Expect to balance business KPIs with user delight, leveraging your engineering expertise to make critical architecture decisions at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Your leadership will directly impact Discord's path to sustainable growth. Core responsibilities include:
- Define and execute the technical vision for ads formats, ensuring seamless integration across Discord's ecosystem
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of full-stack engineers through hiring, 1:1 coaching, and career development
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data Science, and Business Development to prioritize revenue-driving initiatives
- Drive technical excellence through scalable architecture, performance optimization, and robust testing frameworks
- Lead experimentation programs measuring ad performance against strict user experience standards
- Make resourcing decisions balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability
- Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders with clarity and confidence
- Champion Discord's engineering culture emphasizing impact, quality, and user obsession
- Regularly contribute code, conduct code reviews, and unblock critical technical impediments
- Partner with org leadership to evolve Discord's engineering management practices
Qualifications
We're seeking proven technical leaders with management experience in high-growth environments:
- 5+ years software engineering experience building scalable consumer products
- 2+ years engineering management leading full-stack teams to production success
- Demonstrated ability to partner with PMs and designers delivering user-loved features
- Hands-on coding proficiency across modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks
- Experience architecting systems handling millions of daily active users
- Proven track record growing engineers through structured coaching and feedback
- Strong ad tech knowledge (targeting, measurement, auction dynamics) preferred
- Gaming industry passion and Discord power user status highly valued
Salary & Benefits
Discord offers competitive compensation for senior Engineering Managers in the Bay Area:
- Total Compensation Range: $220,000 - $320,000+ (base + equity + bonus)
- Significant equity grant in pre-IPO gaming platform with massive growth trajectory
- Top-tier medical, dental, vision coverage with low employee premiums
- Unlimited PTO and flexible remote work supporting global gaming schedules
- Generous 401(k) match and financial planning resources
- Annual $1,500+ wellness stipend for fitness and mental health
- Professional growth budget for conferences and leadership training
- Gaming setup allowance including premium hardware and Discord Nitro
Why Join Discord?
Discord powers gaming's social layer—200M monthly users trust us with their communities. Our Ads team represents the next evolution: sustainable monetization preserving what makes Discord magical. As an early leader in this org, you'll have outsized impact shaping products used by millions of gamers daily.
Bay Area headquarters offer vibrant gaming culture, weekly catered meals, and direct access to leadership. Remote-friendly policies accommodate global teams while maintaining tight collaboration. Join a workplace obsessed with user delight, technical excellence, and making gaming more social.
Discord Engineering Culture: We ship fast, learn faster. Expect 6-week sprint cycles, data-driven iteration, and blameless postmortems. Our managers code weekly, participate in oncall rotation, and grow through our engineering leadership program.
How to Apply
Ready to build the future of gaming monetization? Submit your resume highlighting:
- Engineering management achievements with team size and impact metrics
- Specific ad tech or gaming projects demonstrating business results
- Technical contributions to scalable consumer products
- Discord username (if applicable) and favorite gaming communities
Interviews include: technical deep-dive, leadership case study, cross-functional collaboration simulation, and team fit. Discord is committed to building diverse teams representing our global gaming community. We encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, and non-traditional career paths.
Apply now to shape Discord's ads evolution from day one. Limited roles available in this fast-scaling organization.
Locations
- San Francisco, California, United States
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Salary
231,000 - 352,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Engineering Managementintermediate
- Full-Stack Developmentintermediate
- Ads Technologyintermediate
- Product Roadmap Planningintermediate
- Team Leadershipintermediate
- Scalable Systems Designintermediate
- Cross-Functional Collaborationintermediate
- Technical Tradeoff Analysisintermediate
- Hiring and Coachingintermediate
- Data-Driven Decision Makingintermediate
- Gaming Industry Knowledgeintermediate
- Ad Targeting and Measurementintermediate
- Experimentation Frameworksintermediate
- Stakeholder Communicationintermediate
- Best Practices Implementationintermediate
- Revenue Product Developmentintermediate
- User Experience Optimizationintermediate
- Strategic Planningintermediate
- Code Review and Pair Programmingintermediate
- Performance Optimizationintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Software Engineer with proven technical expertise (experience)
- 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams in fast-paced environments (experience)
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists (experience)
- Strong track record of delivering delightful user experiences and high-quality products (experience)
- Proven experience in growing and coaching engineers to achieve career success (experience)
- Comfortable writing and reviewing production code regularly as a hands-on leader (experience)
- Experience defining and executing long-term technical strategies for product teams (experience)
- Ability to make data-informed tradeoffs between scalability, performance, and features (experience)
- Familiarity with ad tech ecosystems including targeting, measurement, and tooling (experience)
- Understanding of gaming industry dynamics and user behaviors preferred (experience)
- Strong communication skills for aligning cross-functional stakeholders on priorities (experience)
- Experience driving measurable business impact through experimentation and A/B testing (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead a full-stack engineering team building scalable ads formats across Discord platforms
- Partner with Product, Design, Business Development, and Marketing to define team vision
- Develop and execute multi-quarter roadmaps that drive revenue and user engagement
- Hire top-tier engineers and provide coaching to accelerate their professional growth
- Instill engineering best practices including code quality, testing, and deployment standards
- Guide technical architecture decisions ensuring solutions scale to 200M+ monthly users
- Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize high-impact features using data and experimentation
- Jump into codebases to unblock team, perform code reviews, and solve complex problems
- Foster a culture balancing business results with exceptional end-user experiences
- Make resourcing decisions based on first-principles thinking and communicate rationale clearly
- Partner with org leadership on strategic planning and engineering organization improvements
- Drive continuous improvement in team processes, velocity, and product quality metrics
- Champion Discord's workplace philosophy and engineering culture across the organization
Benefits
- general: Competitive base salary with significant equity in a high-growth gaming platform
- general: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with premium coverage
- general: 401(k) matching program to support long-term financial wellness
- general: Unlimited PTO policy with encouragement to recharge and maintain work-life balance
- general: Annual wellness stipend for gym memberships, fitness classes, or mental health services
- general: Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours for gaming communities worldwide
- general: Generous parental leave policies supporting new parents in work and family life
- general: Professional development budget for conferences, courses, and leadership training
- general: Weekly catered lunches and fully stocked kitchens at SF Bay Area headquarters
- general: Gaming hardware budget including high-end monitors, keyboards, and peripherals
- general: Discord Nitro subscription and exclusive access to gaming events and betas
- general: Company-sponsored team building events and gaming tournaments
- general: Mental health support through licensed therapists and counseling services
- general: Learning and development programs focused on technical leadership growth
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Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Engineering Manager, Ads Formats Careers at Discord - San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Apply Now! @ Discord.
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