Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.
Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, 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.
About this team:
At Liftoff, the Monetize team plays a crucial role in the company's success. Our team builds mobile SDKs (iOS, Android, Windows), and systems that connect Liftoff’s publishers with advertisers, managing applications, campaigns, and creatives that feed into our ad serving pipeline. We create innovative advertisements viewed by millions daily, ensuring a seamless user experience and optimizing ad performance. We're a group of innovative engineers who leverage the latest technology to develop efficient and scalable systems. If you're passionate about building and scaling low-latency, high-throughput systems, we'd be delighted to speak with you!
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement new ad formats within our SDK using a blend of native mobile and web-based technologies, ensuring compatibility across platforms
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to rapidly prototype, design, and build features that maximize engagement and performance
- Continuously improve automation quality and interoperability between creative and SDK, ensuring reliable and efficient rendering
- Enhance system efficiency and ensure seamless interactions between creative assets and SDKs
- Maintain and refine automated testing practices, optimizing workflows for developers and ensuring robustness for publishers and advertisers
- Leverage experimentation frameworks and canary release strategies to continuously test, measure, and improve ad unit performance across diverse environments
- Support cross-platform compatibility and functionality within the SDK
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to their professional development
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, fostering a collaborative team environment
- Participate in cross-functional discussions to ensure alignment between technical implementations and business objectives
- Engage in code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing to uphold high standards of code quality
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields and 6 years of relevant experience
- At least 4 years of experience with Javascript (ES6+), CSS preprocessors, and HTML5
- Experience working in an Agile development team
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback.
Nice to Have:
- Previous AdTech experience is highly valued
- Experience developing mobile applications
- Advanced automated testing strategies using tools such as AWS Device Farm, iOS and Android simulators, Playwright, Selenium, etc.
Location:
This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities in the Pacific Time Zone: CA, NV, OR, and WA.
We are a remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and New York City. However, we do require team travel, which could be quarterly.
Travel Expectations:
We offer several opportunities for in-person team gatherings, including but not limited to project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events. We expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter. These gatherings provide essential opportunities for collaboration, communication, and team building.
Compensation:
Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on the candidate's location and experience.
The following are our base salary ranges for this role:
- SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $155,000 - $195,000
- Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $140,000 - $180,000
- All other cities and towns in our approved states: $130,000 - $170,000
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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.
Liftoff's Compensation Strategy
Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.
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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Liftoff Redwood, California, USA Office
Our US Headquarters is located in vibrant downtown Redwood City, conveniently located within walking distance from the CalTrain station & a wide variety of retail & dining options.
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