Senior Software Engineer — Remote, Equity, High-Scale Backend

Liftoff; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

Job summary

Liftoff, a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for mobile apps, is hiring a Software Engineer. You will own projects end-to-end, ship code multiple times daily, and see measurable impact on millions of users and revenue.

You’ll operate in an engineering-excellence culture, master Go and other modern open-source tools, and join a nimble, experienced team focused on scalable backend systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, system design.
• Experience with major cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience building high-scale distributed systems and backend architectures.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented and eager to learn.
• Genuine interest and/or experience in debugging and troubleshooting complex distributed systems problems.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of projects with a small team of engineers.
• Ship code multiple times a day and see measurable impact on users and revenue.
• Contribute to engineering excellence through testing and code review.
• Become an authority in Go and other open-source technologies.
• Join a nimble, experienced engineering team.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Backend architecture

Data structures & algorithms

Debugging

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Liftoff, a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for mobile apps, is hiring a Software Engineer. You will own projects end-to-end, ship code multiple times daily, and see measurable impact on millions of users and revenue.

You’ll operate in an engineering-excellence culture, master Go and other modern open-source tools, and join a nimble, experienced team focused on scalable backend systems.