Technical Lead, Moloco
Multi-Cloud Infrastructure
$254.4-381.6k
AI-powered performance advertising solutions
Job no longer available
AI-powered performance advertising solutions
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$254.4-381.6k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the scaling engine for the internet economy, applying AI to help businesses of all sizes grow.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of hands-on industry experience in software development, with significant focus on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure
- Proven expertise in multi-cloud environments (specifically GCP and AWS), including evaluating platforms, modeling complex cost analysis, and driving architectural decisions across cloud providers
- Deep understanding of Cloud-Specific and Open Source Software (OSS) platforms for large-scale data and compute
- Demonstrated ability to serve as the technical lead for large-scale, multi-quarter engineering efforts influencing strategic direction across the organization
- Extensive experience with cost management, estimation, and reporting for cloud infrastructure, ideally coupled with experience building centralized tooling and processes to support FinOps initiatives
- Strong track record of advocating for and driving architectural changes that deliver significant efficiency gains and cost savings, even in the face of existing practices or pushback
- Experience building the tools and processes that help foster a culture of cost efficiency within large engineering organizations
- A strong conviction and proven experience in driving outsized cost savings through alternate system architectures (e.g., migrating workloads to more cost-effective technologies)
What the job involves
- This is a critical position within the Moloco Ads Infrastructure team, responsible for the platforms and infrastructure that form the bedrock of the Moloco Ads business
- You will be a key technical leader, working closely with business leaders, finance partners, and engineering teams across the organization to strategically evolve our multi-cloud ecosystem
- Technically define, champion, and drive the Moloco Ads multi-cloud architectural roadmap, balancing cost efficiency with flexibility, reliability, and R&D velocity
- Lead strategic engineering initiatives from architecture and design through development and operationalization, with a focus on cloud cost optimization and platform portability
- Own the overall cost efficiency models and approaches, including developing predictive spending models, implementing centralized tools to distribute cost and operational ownership to service teams, and advocating for outsized cost savings through architectural innovation
- Design and advocate for future-state multi-cloud approach, including strategies for managing large datasets, portable platforms, and cloud-agnostic deployment solutions
- Drive the evaluation and adoption of new platforms (proprietary to OSS), bringing a strong conviction on the sequence and approach for workload migration to achieve greater portability and cost efficiency
- Establish multi-cloud telemetry and robust cost analysis frameworks to ensure transparency and empower service owners
- Influence and foster a healthy culture of cost efficiency and technical excellence across engineering teams
Our take
Moloco offers a cutting-edge platform that allows app developers and eCommerce marketplaces to fuel their growth through machine learning-driven advertising. Its suite of tools enables users to fine-tune campaigns, enhance user engagement, and broaden outreach, ultimately boosting profitability.
Positioned as the premier demand-side platform for ad performance across the open internet, Moloco has experienced substantial growth, securing significant funding and achieving Unicorn status in mid-2021. At the core of its Cloud DSP and Retail Media Platform lies a powerful ML engine leveraging deep neural networks (DNNs), facilitating automated, profitable, and scalable growth strategies for marketers.
Continuously evolving its flagship DSP with advanced features, Moloco consistently sets new benchmarks in ad spend. With expansion into retail media and MLaaS offerings, Moloco aims to democratize access to advanced machine learning capabilities for businesses of all sizes.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$150m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$20m
SERIES C
Total funding: $191.6m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness: Competitive health (100% coverage for you), dental, vision and life insurance for you and your family. In addition, enjoy membership to Calm, Headspace, Spring Health, as well as fitness and health reimbursements
- Professional development: $2,500 Learning and Development stipend annually to grow yourself professionally
- Food and snacks: Enjoy lunch on us. We bring lunch in for employees everyday, In addition, our kitchens are filled with healthy snacks and beverages for you to enjoy
- Paid parental leave: Our parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers have you covered when you welcome a new child into your family
- Unlimited vacation: We encourage team members to take time off to relax and recharge with our flexible paid time off policy. We also offer leave time for various reasons
- Financial benefits: We provide equity and generous retirement benefits that help you prepare for your future. In addition, home office setup and phone, internet and transportation reimbursements
Company HQ
Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Ikkjin Ahn
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Software Engineer at O1 and Humanex, before spending 2 years at YouTube and 3 at Google.
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