Staff Backend Software Engineer, Nextdoor

Monetization

$190-240k

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

Python

Java

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Senior and Expert level

New York

Private social network for neighbours

Be an early applicant

Private social network for neighbours

501-1000 employees

B2CPrivacyNetworkingSocialSaaS

Be an early applicant

$190-240k

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

Python

Java

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Senior and Expert level

New York

501-1000 employees

B2CPrivacyNetworkingSocialSaaS

Company mission

Nextdoor’s mission is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbourhood they can rely on.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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

What the job involves

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
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
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

Our take

Nextdoor is a private social network that aims to encourage social interaction between neighbours and make people aware of crime in their area.

The social network has had huge success in the United States and has expanded internationally, with Nextdoor now present in more than 242,000 neighbourhoods around the world.

The company's main competition comes from local Facebook groups, which have become less and less popular due to their comparative lack of functionality. Nextdoor's laser focus on building for neighborhoods has helped them to build a better product, and their advertising partnership with Oracle, launched in 2022, will help bring more transparency to Nextdoor's sponsorships.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.2)

Trustpilot (2.6)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

May 2019

$130.3m

Dec 2017

$79.5m

Total funding: $209.7m

Company benefits

Monthly wellness stipend
12 weeks of parental, family or medical leave
Global end of year shutdown
Learning and development stipend
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Prakash Janakiraman

(Advisor & Co-founder)

Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley before working in engineering roles at Google and as the co-founder of Fanbase.com

David Weisen

(Engineer & Co-founder)

Worked as a software engineer at Google, Fanbase.com and Open Harbour after graduating from Stanford with a degree in Computer Science

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