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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Monetization

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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Monetization in USA new

  • Nextdoor
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Define technical strategy and architecture for the monetization platform and lead complex initiatives through measurable outcomes.
  • Build scalable, reliable, secure, and privacy-preserving systems for advertising and SMB subscription products.
  • Partner with Product, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Engineering to shape roadmaps, navigate tradeoffs, and deliver value.
  • Raise engineering standards across quality, reliability, observability, release safety, and developer productivity.
  • Remain hands-on with architecture, critical implementation, design reviews, debugging, launches, and production operations.
  • Mentor senior engineers, develop technical leaders, and raise the engineering bar across teams.
  • Participate in in-person trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, team-building exercises, and company culture activities.

Requirements

  • Exceptional system design skills and a proven record building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems.
  • Deep experience building advertising platforms, including large-scale native ad-serving systems.
  • Expert-level proficiency in at least one of Java, Kotlin, or Python.
  • Extensive experience building large-scale, real-time data pipelines using Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, or Kafka Streams.
  • A strong record of mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leaders.
  • Experience using AI-powered development workflows to improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery speed.
  • Preferred: experience developing or productionizing machine-learning models with ML engineers and data scientists.
  • Preferred: understanding of advertising optimization engines, including pacing, bidding, ranking, and budget allocation.

Benefits

  • Hybrid employment model combining in-office and work-from-home work.
  • Choice of health plans, including a 100% covered employee-only plan option.
  • OneMedical membership for concierge care.
  • Meaningful equity grant with quarterly vesting and an initial vest date within three months of starting.
  • Inclusive work environment with company trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team-building activities.

Salary: $281k - $374k/yr

Nextdoor

Nextdoor builds a neighborhood social network and local marketplace where residents, small businesses, and public agencies share information, recommendations, and listings. The app is free to use and monetized through local and national advertising, sponsored posts, and paid business tools and li...

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