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.
The Data Platform team manages Liftoff’s data infrastructure that powers analytics and ML across the company. This role is open to find a strong backend engineer who’d help evolve this infrastructure to support increased scale, faster data access and experimentation.
AS A BACKEND ENGINEER AT LIFTOFF, YOU WILL:
- Build and have end-to-end ownership of Liftoff's core engines, including distributed data stores, data processing pipelines, and high-performance services.
- Improve tooling and infrastructure to ship multiple times a day with quantified impact on millions of users and our business's revenue.
- Partner with the product team to plan short and long-term strategy
- Contribute to an “engineering excellence” culture through state-of-the-art tools, risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review.
- Join a nimble, consistently excellent, and experienced engineering team.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Over 8 years of hands-on software engineering experience delivering robust, scalable solutions
- Deep expertise in core computer science principles—data structures, algorithms, and systems architecture.
- Exceptional coding skills; proficient across multiple languages with bonus experience in Go.
- Proven track record working with large-scale data stores and highly distributed systems.
- Relentlessly high standards for quality and craftsmanship—balanced with a pragmatic drive to ship.
- Holds a B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry-proven experience.
- Strong background in building and troubleshooting high-performance backend and distributed systems.
- Natural leader who influences cross-functional teams and drives systemic, organization-wide improvements.
- Creative and analytical problem-solver—thrives in ambiguity and complexity.
- Ego-free collaborator who values the best idea, regardless of the source.
- Self-starter with a strong execution mindset—gets things done without waiting for permission.
- Brings energy, curiosity, and a healthy sense of fun to the team dynamic.
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience in big data engines such as Trino, Spark
- Experience with Hive metastore, Iceberg or Delta Lake
- Experience with streaming data
- Experience with data stores such as Redis
Working at Liftoff is fast-paced, fun, and challenging, and we thrive on innovation. Come join our team and help shape the future of the mobile app ecosystem. If this role sounds interesting to you, we would love to hear from you!
Location:
This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our preferred entities in the Pacific Time Zone: CA, NV, OR, and WA
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, Los Angeles/Orange County, NYC, Seattle: $185,000 - $235,000
- Olympia, San Diego, Santa Barbara: $170,000 - $215,000
- All other cities and towns in our approved states: $160,000 - $200,000
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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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Our mission is to help advertisers, publishers, game developers and Demand Side Platforms scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize their mobile apps. We support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, e-commerce, and entertainment. As a globally distributed team, we value collaboration and communication. We care about fostering a welcoming and inclusive culture for our all of our team members and beyond.
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