Senior Staff Software Engineer - Monetization

US CA San Francisco - HQfull timeOn Site

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$281k–$374k

H1B: yes

Nextdoor Senior Staff Software Engineer in Monetization responsible for defining technical strategy and building scalable, reliable systems for Nextdoor’s advertising and subscription products. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver complex initiatives with measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

Define the technical strategy and architecture for Nextdoor’s monetization platform, leading complex initiatives from concept through measurable outcomes
Build scalable, reliable, secure, and privacy-preserving systems that support advertising and SMB subscription products
Partner with Product, ML, Data Science, and Engineering to shape roadmaps, navigate tradeoffs, and deliver value for neighbors and businesses
Raise engineering standards and address systemic gaps in quality, reliability, observability, release safety, and developer productivity
Remain hands-on across architecture, critical implementation, design reviews, debugging, launches, and production operations
Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises
Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture

Qualification

Required

Exceptional system design skills and a proven record of building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems
Deep experience building advertising platforms, including a strong understanding of large-scale native ad-serving systems
Expert-level proficiency in at least one of the languages: 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, developing technical leaders, and raising the engineering bar across teams
Experience using AI-powered development workflows to improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery speed
Experience developing or productionizing machine-learning models in partnership with ML engineers and data scientists
Strong understanding of advertising optimization engines, including pacing, bidding, ranking, and budget allocation

Benefits

Equity/RSU

Company

Nextdoor

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