Senior Software Engineer, Ads Quality

Socket.dev; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 159,800 - 259,440; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Flexible Time Off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Moloco is seeking an experienced engineering tech lead to improve Ads Quality systems, connecting various teams to enhance performance. This role requires strong leadership, communication skills, and experience in ad tech.

Responsibilities include leading quality initiatives, owning problems from identification to execution, and translating customer needs into priorities. Compensation includes medical benefits, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, and potential bonuses and equity awards.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead large, ambiguous initiatives end to end.
• Strong communicator capable of influencing technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in environments requiring rapid experimentation and ideation.

Responsibilities

• Lead vertically focused quality initiatives from concept through launch.
• Own end-to-end problems identifying advertiser pain points.
• Translate market needs into product and engineering priorities.

Skills

Technical leadership

Strong communication

Ad tech experience

Job description

About the Team

Help advance Moloco’s Ads Quality systems so advertisers achieve stronger performance and end users see more relevant, trustworthy ads. This role elevates the precision, fairness, and efficiency of our machine learning‑driven ad marketplace across Moloco’s products.

This role is for an experienced engineering tech lead who can act as a vertical lead: someone who can connect the dots across engineering, data science, product, sales, marketing, and customers to improve performance end to end.

The Opportunity

• Lead vertically focused quality initiatives from concept through launch, measurement, and iteration
• Own problems end to end, from identifying advertiser pain points to driving cross‑functional execution across the stack
• Partner closely with Product, Data Science, Engineering, TPM, Sales, Marketing, and other stakeholders to ensure solutions are technically strong and commercially impactful
• Translate customer and market needs into product and engineering priorities
• Step into ambiguous, fast‑moving situations and improvise effectively when new constraints or opportunities emerge
• Represent the technical and product context for key advertisers, helping internal teams and external partners align on how to improve performance
• Contribute hands‑on across Moloco’s stack, with exposure to areas such as bidding logic, advertiser‑facing product surfaces, and quality systems
• Help incubate new ideas, run experiments, and turn successful vertical learnings into scalable product capabilities
• Communicate clearly and persuasively, bringing partners along the journey and building alignment across a broad set of functions

How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?

• Proven ability to lead large, ambiguous initiatives end to end
• Strong communicator who can influence across technical and non‑technical audiences
• Comfortable operating with more breadth than depth, and switching between strategic, technical, and operational work as needed
• Track record of driving outcomes directly through both technical contribution and coordination
• Strong preference for ads or ad tech experience
• Experience leading a vertical, domain, or product area where success depended on aligning multiple teams around customer and business outcomes
• Experience in environments where rapid experimentation, analysis, and ideation are core to the way teams work

Compensation and Benefits

U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and well‑being benefits and perks. U.S.-based employees also receive up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year and one Thrive Day off per quarter. Additionally, all employees have Flexible Time Off (FTO).

The successful candidate may be eligible for a bonus and equity awards. Eligibility and amounts are determined by performance and the terms of the applicable plans.

Base pay ranges by region:

• Region A: $188,000 - $259,440 USD
• Region B: $169,200 - $233,496 USD
• Region C: $159,800 - $220,524 USD

Equal Opportunity Employer

Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression and identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.