Senior Software Engineer - Experiment Platform

Moloco; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Well-being benefits

12 paid holidays per year

Thrive Day off per quarter

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Moloco is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Experiment Platform team to design and evolve high-leverage systems that power Moloco's experimentation across products. You will own critical platform areas end-to-end, driving decisions that improve speed, safety, and trust in experimentation company-wide.

This role is ideal for engineers who combine execution with judgment, operate across backend and data system boundaries, and raise the quality bar for internal platforms used by many teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering in production environments.
• Backend systems, data infrastructure, distributed systems, or related platform areas.
• Ability to drive technical projects from problem definition through production rollout in ambiguous spaces.
• Strong judgment in system design, reliability, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of major components across experiment management services, configuration delivery, and analysis pipelines.
• Own technical decisions for platform areas that balance correctness, reliability, performance, and adoption.
• Improve the trustworthiness of experimentation via system design, observability, data quality, and operational standards.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, statisticians, and stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable platform capabilities.
• Mentor other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and pragmatic technical leadership.

Skills

Backend systems

Data infrastructure

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Job description

About Moloco

Moloco builds some of the most powerful AI advertising solutions in the world. Our name—short for "machine learning company"—reflects our core mission: democratizing access to the advanced AI that has historically been reserved for tech giants. Led by machine learning pioneers who built some of the most successful ad systems at Google, including YouTube's monetization engine and key search advertising technologies, we're transforming how businesses grow and compete in the digital economy.

Built with AI from day one, Moloco’s planet-scale machine learning platform powers a suite of solutions for advertising growth and monetization. Moloco Ads is an AI-powered platform that delivers real business outcomes for mobile app marketers through performance-based user acquisition. Moloco Commerce Media enables retailers and marketplaces to build revenue-generating ad businesses that balance user experience and advertiser performance.

Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, Gurgaon, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Tel Aviv, and Berlin.

Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of.

About the Team

The Ads Platform, Experiment team owns Moloco's company-wide experimentation infrastructure. We build the systems that help teams roll out changes safely, measure impact rigorously, and make better product and business decisions with confidence.

Our scope spans experiment lifecycle management, dynamic configuration and feature flag delivery, and the data pipelines and statistical tooling that power experiment analysis. We work at the intersection of backend infrastructure, data systems, and internal product development, partnering closely with engineers, data scientists, and statisticians.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Experiment Platform team, you will lead the design and evolution of high-leverage systems that shape how Moloco runs experiments across products. You will own important technical areas end-to-end, drive sound engineering decisions in ambiguous problem spaces, and build platforms that improve the speed, safety, and trustworthiness of experimentation company‑wide.

This role is well-suited for engineers who combine strong execution with technical judgment, enjoy working across backend and data system boundaries, and want to raise the quality bar for an internal platform used by many teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of major components across experiment management services, configuration delivery systems, and analysis pipelines.
• Own technical decisions for platform areas that require balancing correctness, reliability, performance, and ease of adoption.
• Improve the trustworthiness of experimentation by strengthening system design, observability, data quality, and operational standards.
• Partner closely with engineers, data scientists, statisticians, and stakeholders to turn ambiguous requirements into scalable platform capabilities.
• Mentor other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and pragmatic technical leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in a production environment.
• Strong hands‑on experience in backend systems, data infrastructure, distributed systems, or other relevant platform areas.
• Proven ability to independently drive technical projects from problem definition through production rollout in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Strong engineering judgment in system design, operational reliability, maintainability, and cross‑functional execution.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing experimentation platforms, A/B testing systems, feature flagging systems, or dynamic configuration platforms.
• Experience owning platform or infrastructure systems used by multiple engineering teams.
• Experience working with analytical data systems, metrics pipelines, or data quality and correctness challenges.
• Familiarity with advertising, mobile product ecosystems, or performance-driven product environments.

Compensation & 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.

The location for this role is listed above. For base pay range purposes, location-based compensation is grouped into the following regions. Your region is determined by your assigned work location.

• Region A: Menlo Park Office, New York Office, SF Bay Area, New York Metro Area
• Region B: Seattle Office, Seattle, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington DC Metro Area, Miami
• Region C: All other U.S. locations

Salary Ranges

Region A: $188,000—$235,000 USD

Region B: $184,000—$230,000 USD

Region C: $159,800—$199,750 USD

Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being

We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.

Moloco Values

• Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.
• Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
• Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value.
• Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail.

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Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging gives us the greatest opportunity to achieve our vision to become the scaling engine for the Internet economy.

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