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 Attribution & Applications (A&A) team ingests and enriches attribution data that is a key component of Liftoff’s ML datasets and reporting systems. The team is responsible for keeping attribution systems current with industry privacy updates. They also create data applications. These tools help control traffic quality and manage campaigns.   Responsibilities:

• Build and have end-to-end ownership of Liftoff's attribution systems, including data processing pipelines, and high-performance services.
• Build a deep knowledge of data that Liftoff collects to influence ML and data-driven applications.
• 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.
• Leverage your expertise in Go, SQL, or other technologies to empower and mentor the engineering team - maximizing team velocity.
• Join a nimble, consistently exemplary, and skilled engineering team.

Requirements:

• Proven backend development expertise with clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Solid core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, architecting systems).
• High attention to detail and a commitment to engineering excellence—balanced with pragmatic decision-making to ensure timely delivery.
• Collaborative mindset with the humility to seek and adopt the best solution, regardless of its origin.
• Self-starter with a track record of independently driving projects from inception to completion.
• Enthusiastic about designing and optimizing large-scale, distributed systems.
• Eager to deepen and apply data science and machine learning skills in real-world applications.
• B.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent) & 8+ years software engineering experience or M.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent) & 6+ years software engineering experience.
• Brings a sense of curiosity, energy, and fun to the team.

Bonus: 

• Adtech experience
• Experience with Golang 

Locations:

This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities/states and Canada: CA, CO, ID, IL, FL, GA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, 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: $160,000 - $210,000
• Austin, Denver, Portland, San Diego, Boston, other CA: $150,000 - $195,000
• All other cities and towns in our approved states: $140,000 - $180,000

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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.