Software Engineer, Applovin
Marketing platform for app developers
Open for applications
Marketing platform for app developers
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To grow the mobile app ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- Have 1-3 years of experience and a minimum of a BS and/or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering
- Have excellent knowledge of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and coding
- Professional experience with C++ and/or Java is a nice to have
- Experience independently creating and maintaining projects
Desirable
- Domain knowledge of advertising space and technologies
- Worked on systems processing real-time, high-volume events
- Experience with ads systems, and/or ads reporting systems operating at large scale
- Experience with databases technologies such as MySQL
What the job involves
- As a member of our backend software engineering team, you’ll solve technical challenges, including upgrading and implementing state-of-the-art software infrastructure.
- Our team is responsible for the backend of the Ads platform, managing key products that drive mobile app monetization and advertiser management.
- In this role, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to high-scale systems that handle billions of ad requests daily, focusing on optimizing performance, enhancing infrastructure, and creating innovative solutions in the dynamic ad tech industry
- Our backend systems handle billions of requests per day, and work on our mediation platform responsible for our header bidding solution, creating high-availability low-latency systems that are distributed across multiple data centers
- Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems
- Collaborate with various engineering teams to meet a wide range of technological challenges
- Work closely with our product team to contribute and influence the roadmap of our products and technologies
- Influence and inspire team members
Our take
AppLovin operates a mobile ad network that helps advertisers target and deliver personalized ads to people who are similar to their existing user base. The company builds and acquires free-to-play mobile games and sells advertising space. Collectively, its portfolio attracts over tens of millions of users each day.
By 2026, the gaming industry is projected to be worth over $320B, and AppLovin commands a significant slice of this, with tools for building, monetizing and marketing apps towards increasing revenue for its users. The business has been profitable for some time and has received considerable investment, highlighting the potential that investors see in its product. It has also bolstered its offerings through numerous acquisitions, like German ad network Moboqo and Wurl, a high-growth software platform in the CTV market.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
33% female employees
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2018
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2014
$4m
SEED
Total funding: $408.1m
Company benefits
- Free medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Wellness stipend each paycheck
- Onsite gym & full-service cafe at PA HQ
- Phone bill covered for business usage
- Employee assistance programs
- Subsidized public transportation
- Flexible vacation time
- Equity
- 401k matching, life and disability coverage
- Team centric events
Company values
- We seek excellence together.
- We are tenacious, move fast, and deliver.
- We operate with integrity and intellectual honesty.
- We foster entrepreneurship to challenge what is next.
- We excel through our culture of equality.
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Adam Foroughi
(Co-Founder & CEO)Began his career as a derivatives trader. Over the next decade, he applied this knowledge to adtech at three companies he founded: Lifestreet Media, Social Hour, and AppLovin.
Andrew Karam
(Co-Founder & VP Product)Began his career in pharmaceutical research. He has since co-founded three different companies in the adtech space including StylePage and Social Hour, which sold to Playphone in 2012.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Applovin
Kimberly Frank (Sr. Director DEI & ESG)
- At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others. Equality is essential to our purpose – our people are key to cultivating a culture of belonging where employees can engage as their true selves
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