Discord seeks a hands-on Engineering Manager for its rapidly growing Ads team.  This role involves building and scaling the ads platform from the ground up, leading a full-stack engineering team across multiple platforms.  Responsibilities include collaborating with various departments (Product, Design, Business Development, Marketing) to define the roadmap, hiring and mentoring engineers, designing scalable solutions, fostering a high-performing culture, and making sound resource allocation decisions.  The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of software engineering experience and 2+ years as an Engineering Manager, with a strong understanding of delivering delightful user experiences. Prior experience in ad tech and the gaming industry is a plus.

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<div class="job__description body"><div>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.</div><div>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
<ul>
<li>Work with Product, Design, Business Development and Marketing to drive your team’s vision and roadmap</li>
<li>Build a team of engaged engineers by hiring, coaching, and instilling best practices</li>
<li>Collaborate on designing scalable technical solutions, and help to set the technical strategy of our ads architecture</li>
<li>Instill a culture that both drives both impactful results and delights the end user</li>
<li>Use your technical expertise and ensure your team delivers extraordinary results at the <a href="https://discord.com/category/engineering">high technical level we set</a></li>
<li>Make sound first-principle decisions around resourcing, and making the rationale clear to partners and team members</li>
<li>Partner with your senior manager on strategic planning and to improve the Engineering organization and uphold our workplace philosophy</li>
</ul>
What you should have
<ul>
<li>You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer</li>
<li>You have 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager</li>
<li>You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems</li>
<li>You take pride in delivering a delightful experience for end users, stakeholders and anyone you work with</li>
<li>You are motivated to help your team members succeed and have experience growing engineers</li>
<li>Code doesn't scare you - you are still an engineer even if you don't do it all the time</li>
</ul>
Bonus Points
<ul>
<li>You understand the gaming industry</li>
<li>Prior experience with ad tech (especially tooling, measurement and targeting)</li>
<li>You are a Discord user, and understand the core features and flow of Discord communications</li>
</ul>
 #LI-Remote 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. </div><div>Why Discord?&nbsp; 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!
<h4>Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://discord.com/careers#inclusion">inclusion, diversity and purpose efforts</a>, company <a href="https://discord.com/blog/the-seven-principles-of-working-at-discord">principles</a>, or learn more about the <a href="https://discord.com/careers#life-discord">Life @ Discord</a> experience!</h4></div></div>

Engineering Manager, Ads