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Senior Staff Engineer - Backend, Liftoff Influence

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.

At Liftoff Influence, we are helping build the creator economy by providing creators with the tools they need to grow, monetize and thrive in the digital advertising ecosystem. Today, this means building a best-in-class platform that provides creators with monetization opportunities and content development tools to drive long-term growth and performance outcomes for our advertising partners.

On the Influence team, you'll get the best of both worlds: a start-up within a larger, established company that is a leader in our industry. In this role you'll be part of a small team and have a huge impact on the architecture and development of an exciting product!

What you'll do:

Lead the development and improvements within our data architecture, including database structures via Postgres and big data technologies such as BigQuery for data warehousing
Lead cross-functional integration efforts with engineering teams across Liftoff, working closely with colleagues in product, design, and operations to develop and launch new features, services, and data integrations
Learn and master our systems to a high level of proficiency
Take the lead on our most complex initiatives and launches
Develop and maintain automated reporting and visualization tools to provide insights into business performance, and work with stakeholders to identify opportunities for optimization and growth
Lead efforts to prioritize and address technical debt across our systems, and develop and implement strategies for debt reduction and prevention
Work with stakeholders to identify and prioritize data system requirements, and develop and implement solutions that meet these requirements while scaling effectively.
Lead efforts to optimize system performance, including identifying and addressing bottlenecks, reducing latency, and improving system reliability and stability.
Mentor and coach junior engineers, providing guidance and support to help them grow their skills and expertise.

Key Requirements:

Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of engineering experience (or Master's Degree with 8+ years of experience), with at least 1 year of management experience.
Demonstrated track record of success at high-growth startups, with experience scaling to 100+ employees.
High level of proficiency with Node.js (our main language), TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, and experience with frontend frameworks such as React.
Strong expertise in developing and implementing complex data architectures, as well as a deep understanding of big data technologies and best practices.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Experience with performance tuning, profiling, and debugging of complex systems, as well as experience with testing frameworks.

Preferred location for this position is in the Bay Area.

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.

The minimum base pay for this position in the US depends on the location and falls in the following zones:
SF Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles, Orange County: $190,000
Seattle/Olympia, Austin, Boston, San Diego, Santa Barbara: $170,000
All other cities in our approved to hire states: $160,000

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!

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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.

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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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