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.

DESIRED QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCES:

• BS in Computer Science with 8+ years of professional experience; or
• MS in Computer Science with 6+ years of professional experience; or
• PhD with 3+ years of professional experience; software engineering, or reliability engineering, with a focus on production systems.
• Proven ability to drive large technical initiatives and lead projects spanning multiple teams.
• Solid core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, architecting systems).
• Deep expertise in Python and/or Go; fluency with ML libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch), cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS)
• Experience with ML monitoring tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience in big data engines such as Trino and Spark is a big plus.
• Excitement to work on cutting-edge ML infrastructure at massive scale—and to make it simple, reliable, and elegant.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Ability to lead across team and role boundaries to effect large scale change in culture and systems.
• A healthy sense of fun!

• SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $200,000 - 230,000
• Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $185,000 - 210,000
• All other cities and towns in our approved states: $170,000 - 200,000
• Canada: CAD 150,000 - 185,00