Senior Engineering Manager - Ads Serving and Optimization

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Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 305,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

Meet Your Future Neighbors

At Nextdoor, the Monetization Engineering organization is responsible for building next-generation Ads platforms and vertical solutions for varied businesses, serving neighborhoods worldwide. Nextdoor offers a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment experience.

We are looking for an experienced ads technology engineering leader to lead and manage a highly impactful team in ads responsible for building Nextdoor adserver and runtime optimization through pacing, bidding and targeting algorithms while collaborating with product, data science and ML teams.

The Impact You’ll Make

Ads serving and optimization team builds ads core platform and algorithms that delivers advertiser outcomes to generate ROI for their campaigns and partners closely with AI and DS teams to build algorithms to drive user relevance.

The leader in this role will be responsible for envisioning the marketplace improvements, align stakeholders and collaborate with peer teams to generate outcomes. They will be responsible for team management and coaching senior engineers to achieve their maximum potential.

Reporting to the Head of Monetization Engineering, you will drive projects to deliver value to our large ads customers and small businesses.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Developing and leading a diverse, talented, multidisciplinary team through recruiting and mentorship
• Building technical roadmap, architecture review  as well as execution of deliverables of Ads Marketplace team.
• Responsibility for compliance based on platform guidelines and regulations, GDPR, CCPA etc
• Partnering and collaborating with cross-functional product, engineering, and sales teams across the company to build the roadmap and support operations
• Participation in the in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
• Building strong relationship with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• 5+ years of industry experience building large-scale systems.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing teams.
• Ads domain expertise and tuned to industry trends.
• Clear, concise communication and presentation skills, demonstrating grace under pressure
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a dynamic work environment
• Genuine curiosity and a hunger for learning
• Strong desire to serve local communities and neighbors worldwide

Bonus Points

• Experience building products for large-scale social platforms
• Experience with Kafka streams, Dynamo, Redis or similar technologies

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $208,000 to $280,000  on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. Compensation may also vary by geography.

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.

Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision – and 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 diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, 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.

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