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Sr. Staff Engineer, Performance Ad Formats

San FranciscoFull-time$245k2026-06-04 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid

Core

Lead technical strategy and architecture for high-scale ad products (Deal Ads, dynamic formats) to improve click quality and drive conversions for advertisers.

Role type

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead)

Builds

Scalable, resilient ad products and post-click journeys for advertisers

Domain

Digital Advertising / E-commerce

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Deep technical architecture expertise, leading complex multi-team initiatives, cross-functional collaboration, data-driven decision making, production-quality software mindset, mentoring senior engineers, critical evaluation of AI-assisted work

Preferred skills

Experience in ads, e-commerce, recommendations, experimentation platforms, practical AI-assisted engineering workflows

Technologies

None explicitly stated

Responsibilities

Lead technical strategy and architecture, drive cross-functional product initiatives from discovery to launch, design scalable systems, partner with Data Science for prioritization, raise production quality bar through design/code reviews and incident readiness, mentor senior engineers

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with significant mentorship and strategy responsibilities