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Staff Software Engineer - Backend, Monetization

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Nextdoor

Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 340,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at

nextdoor.com .

Meet Your Future

Neighbors

At Nextdoor, the Monetization Engineering organization is responsible for building AI- proprietary Ads platforms and subscriptions products for local businesses worldwide while delivering relevant sponsored content and providing utility to neighbors.

We are seeking a technical leader to design systems and develop technology to execute on our ads platform roadmap. The technical lead will be responsible for building products with engineers across monetization org and report to Head of Engineering, Monetization at Nextdoor.

The

Impact

You'll Make

As part of the Monetization Engineering team, you will be playing a crucial role in defining, architecting, and building the systems and features that enable a neighbor to receive the relevant sponsored content, and advertisers, to get the value for their ad spends.

Your responsibilities will include:

Design, implement and maintain our ads platform, including campaign management, adserving and sponsored content platform

Enhance the scalability, reliability, cost efficiency, and developer productivity of the platform

Lead a small group of engineers to develop various components and features

Coach and mentor other developers in the team

What You'll Bring To The Team

Bachelors and/or Masters in computer science

8+ years of experience in software development or a related field

3+ years of experience in the Ads domain

Familiarity with Machine Learning

Experience building horizontally scalable, resilient large-scale services

Experience leading a small team of developers to build systems

Proficiency with the big data processing technologies like Kafka, Spark, Flink, etc.

Proficiency with Java and Python

Experience working with cross-functional teams - Product, Product Marketing, Design

Eagerness to explore and apply AI and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. Compensation may also vary by geography.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $190,000 to $240,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of , , , , , or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants' personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.