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Liftoff

Software Engineer, Dash

full-time•Redwood City•$220k - $260k

Summary

Location

Redwood City

Salary

$220k - $260k

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

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About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liftoff</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p></div><p>Build and perform end-to-end ownership of backend infrastructure, including distributed data stores, data processing pipelines, and high-performance front end servers. Ship code multiple times a day, while owning the testing, automating, maintaining, and troubleshooting of features/product. Analyze systems, infrastructure, and tooling to optimize for better performance. Process the terabytes of data received by servers in order to better understand users, system requirements and capabilities, and help design solutions to increase the efficiency of platform. Be part of a technical excellence culture through state-of-the-art tools, risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review. Become an authority in Clojure, Go, and the many other cutting-edge open-source technologies that maximize development velocity and business revenue. Work as part of the technical team to deliver on software projects using proven development processes (Agile/SCRUM). Contribute to requirements gathering, architecture, design, and implementation of predictive, high-performance marketing software. Use strong communication skills (written and verbal) to collaborate with stake holders on requirements and respond with deliverables in agile methodology for frequent releases. Employee may request to work from any city &amp; county in the following states: CA, CO, ID, IL, GA, MA, MO, MN, NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, TX, UT, WA. Salary: $220,000 - $260,000 per year.</p> <p>MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any position/occupation/job title performing backend infrastructure engineering. In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of experience, employer will accept a Master’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, plus 3 years of professional experience as Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any position/occupation/job title performing backend infrastructure engineering.</p> <p>Must also have experience in the following: 3 years of professional experience in software programming (clean, efficient, and scalable) using Golang, Java, C# or Python; 3 years of professional experience in designing and implementing highly scalable and distributed systems; 3 years of professional experience working within a highly agile and intensely iterative software development process, and with the principles of agile development, including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD); 3 years of professional experience designing and developing web applications; 1 year of professional experience utilizing SQL and NoSQL databases, and performing database design, optimization, and management to support large-scale applications.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>CONTACT: Please apply online at: <a href="https://liftoff.io/company/careers/">https://liftoff.io/company/careers/</a></p><br><p>We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using <a href="https://getcovey.com/product/covey-scout-inbound">Covey Scout for Inbound</a> on January 22, 2024.</p><p>Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey <a href="https://getcovey.com/nyc-local-law-144">here</a>.</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p></div>

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain backend infrastructure, including data stores and processing pipelines. Collaborate with the technical team to deliver software projects and optimize system performance.

About Liftoff

Liftoff helps mobile businesses maximize their revenue. It provides machine learning-powered marketing, monetization, and creative solutions that create better ad experiences and connect people with the products they love.

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As a Software Engineer, Dash at Liftoff, you will: build and maintain backend infrastructure, including data stores and processing pipelines. Collaborate with the technical team to deliver software projects and optimize system performance..

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The Software Engineer, Dash position at Liftoff is based in Redwood City, California, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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