Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand.
Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.
Help shape the long-term engineering strategy and roadmap. Work closely with the SVP of Engineering, serving as both a technical advisor and an operating hand. Provide deep technical feedback on current and envisioned projects across the organization. Design, engineer and implement reliable processes to scale the organization's efficiency. Own and implement high-impact projects that do not fall under the jurisdiction of any existing team. Influence engineering decisions throughout the organization either directly or indirectly. Have end-to-end ownership of backend infrastructure, including distributed data stores, data processing pipelines, and high-performance front-end servers. Ship code and documentation as needed, owning the testing, automation, and troubleshooting of features/products when doing so. Build partnerships cross-functionally, serving as a bridge between Engineering and other functions. Collaborate on weekly team planning meetings consisting of engineers, data analysts, and product managers. Review code and engineering designs written by other engineers and data analysts. Perform and review data analysis on experiment results in order to refine subsequent rounds of experimentation. Analyze systems, infrastructure, tooling, and processes to optimize for better performance. Own and create a technical excellence culture through state-of-the-art tools, risk-driven testing, code and design review, and coaching and performance management. Work as part of the technical team to deliver on software projects using proven development processes (Agile and SCRUM). Contribute to requirements gathering, architecture, and design of predictive, high performance marketing software. Collaborate with stakeholders on requirements and respond with deliverables in agile methodology for frequent releases. If circumstances require, manage and lead teams directly, including people management, coaching and development, compensation and hiring, and motivating and aligning the team with business objectives. 5% travel required to international and domestic locations for team collaboration and planning. Telecommuting is permitted. Employee may request to work from any city & county in the following states:
CA, CO, ID, IL, GA, MA, MO, MN, NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, TX, UT, WA. Salary: $330,000 - $450,000 per year.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 6 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer or any occupation/position/job title involving software engineering and data analysis.
Must also have experience in the following: 6 years of professional experience performing coding utilizing modern languages including Java, Python, or Go; 6 years of professional experience working with computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and architecting enterprise systems; 2 years of professional experience working on all parts of the stack including user interface including webapps, backend components using relational databases, operations and data analysis; 1 year of professional experience building machine learning systems and teams at scale; 1 year of professional experience performing code utilizing Clojure; 1 year of professional experience building recommendation and classification machine learning systems and teams at scale, based on pytorch; and 1 year of professional experience building processes and systems for tech recruiting.
CONTACT: Please apply online at: https://liftoff.io/company/careers/ .
Liftoff offers a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative work environment where employees are empowered to grow and make an impact. We’re shaping the future of the mobile app ecosystem—join us and help accelerate what’s next.
Liftoff’s compensation strategy includes competitive salaries, equity, and benefits designed to support employee well-being and performance. We benchmark compensation based on role, level, and location to ensure fairness and market alignment. Benefits may include medical coverage, wellness stipends, and additional perks based on your country of residence.
Liftoff is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:
Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.
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