About Moloco:
Moloco is an AI-native performance advertising company, bringing the power of AI advertising to the open internet. Founded in 2013 by machine learning engineers who had built AI advertising systems inside the world's largest technology companies, Moloco began from a shared mission: to build that same engine for the open internet.
Today, Moloco is one company with two businesses, built on the same compound AI system. Moloco Ads is our AI-native performance advertising platform, helping mobile app marketers acquire, retain, and re-engage high-value users across the open internet. Moloco Commerce Media is our AI-native retail media platform, enabling retailers and marketplaces to turn their platforms into thriving ad businesses. Both are powered by CARA (Compound Ad Recommendation Architecture), the AI system behind every Moloco product.
At Moloco, we bring together those who've already solved hard problems and those with the drive to. Here, we work on some of the complex problems in AI advertising, at a scale and level of sophistication very few companies can offer. Come build what's next.
Help advance Moloco’s Ads Quality systems so advertisers achieve stronger performance and end users see more relevant, trustworthy ads. This role elevates the precision, fairness, and efficiency of our machine learning–driven ad marketplace across Moloco’s products.
This role is for an experienced engineering tech lead who can act as a vertical lead: someone who can connect the dots across engineering, data science, product, sales, marketing, and customers to improve performance end to end.
The Opportunity- Lead vertically focused quality initiatives from concept through launch, measurement, and iteration
- Own problems end to end, from identifying advertiser pain points to driving cross-functional execution across the stack
- Partner closely with Product, Data Science, Engineering, TPM, Sales, Marketing, and other stakeholders to ensure solutions are technically strong and commercially impactful
- Translate customer and market needs into product and engineering priorities
- Step into ambiguous, fast-moving situations and improvise effectively when new constraints or opportunities emerge
- Represent the technical and product context for key advertisers, helping internal teams and external partners align on how to improve performance
- Contribute hands-on across Moloco’s stack, with exposure to areas such as bidding logic, advertiser-facing product surfaces, and quality systems
- Help incubate new ideas, run experiments, and turn successful vertical learnings into scalable product capabilities
- Communicate clearly and persuasively, bringing partners along the journey and building alignment across a broad set of functions
- Senior, hands-on engineer
- Proven ability to lead large, ambiguous initiatives end to end
- Strong communicator who can influence across technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable operating with more breadth than depth, and switching between strategic, technical, and operational work as needed
- Track record of driving outcomes directly through both technical contribution and coordination
- Strong preference for ads or ad tech experience
- Experience working on ads quality, traffic quality, search quality, feed quality, or adjacent quality-focused systems
- Experience leading a vertical, domain, or product area where success depended on aligning multiple teams around customer and business outcomes
- Experience in environments where rapid experimentation, analysis, and ideation are core to the way teams work
Compensation & Benefits
U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits and perks. U.S.-based employees also receive up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year and one Thrive Day off per quarter. Additionally, all employees have Flexible Time Off (FTO).
The successful candidate may be eligible for a bonus and equity awards. Eligibility and amounts are determined by performance and the terms of the applicable plans.
The location for this role is listed above. For base pay range purposes, location-based compensation is grouped into the following regions. Your region is determined by your assigned work location.
- Region A: Menlo Park Office, New York Office, SF Bay Area, New York Metro Area
- Region B: Seattle Office, Seattle, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington DC Metro Area, Miami
- Region C: All other U.S. locations
Salary Ranges:
Supporting Your Best Work and Your Best Life:
Our benefits are designed to support our people in doing their best work and living well, at work and beyond. Benefits vary by country, employment type, and eligibility. Connect with a recruiter to learn more about benefits in your region.
Moloco Values:
- Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.
- Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with intensity and rigor. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value.
- Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail.
Additional Resources:
- Moloco Company Blog
- Moloco Leadership
- Moloco Newsroom
AI Use in Interviews
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Skills Required
- Senior, hands-on engineer
- Proven ability to lead large, ambiguous initiatives end to end
- Strong communicator who can influence technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable operating with breadth and switching between strategic, technical, and operational work
- Track record of driving outcomes through technical contribution and coordination
- Experience working on ads quality, traffic quality, search quality, feed quality, or adjacent quality-focused systems
- Experience leading a vertical, domain, or product area requiring cross-team alignment around customer and business outcomes
- Experience in environments emphasizing rapid experimentation, analysis, and ideation
- Ads or ad tech experience
What We Do
Moloco is an AI-native performance advertising company bringing the power of AI advertising to the open internet. Founded in 2013 by machine learning engineers who built AI advertising systems at some of the world’s largest technology companies, Moloco was created to bring that same level of technology to businesses beyond the major platforms. Today, Moloco is one company with two businesses built on the same compound AI system. Moloco Ads is an AI-native performance advertising platform that helps mobile app marketers acquire, retain, and re-engage high-value users across mobile and connected TV. Moloco Commerce Media helps retailers and marketplaces build and scale their own advertising businesses using first-party data, shopper attention, and AI. Behind every Moloco product is CARA, our Compound Ad Recommendation Architecture, which continuously learns across billions of signals to make advertising decisions in real time. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Moloco has more than 850 employees across 13 global offices. Our teams span software engineering, machine learning, applied science, product, design, sales, marketing, customer success, and corporate functions. At Moloco, our business grows when our customers succeed. We combine advanced AI technology with hands-on expertise to help businesses create measurable growth and build for what comes next.
Why Work With Us
At Moloco, you’ll work with a global team solving world-scale problems in AI advertising. We combine deep technical expertise with curiosity, ownership, and collaboration to build frontier technology, create real value for customers, and keep pushing what’s possible.
