Senior Software Engineer II, Mobile - On App Ads (AI Native)

Accountabilities: • Design, develop, maintain, and optimize the iOS advertising infrastructure, including in-house SDKs, demand partner integrations, header-bidding systems, and mediation solutions.

• Build and introduce new advertising formats, placements, and capabilities that increase revenue while preserving application startup time, scrolling performance, and overall user experience.

• Manage and improve integrations with advertising technologies and platforms, including Prebid, Google Mobile Ads, Google Ad Manager (GAM), and other third-party SDKs.

• Own iOS privacy and consent implementations, including App Tracking Transparency (ATT), IDFA management, SKAdNetwork, AdAttributionKit, and consent frameworks such as TCF and GPP.

• Ensure advertising experiences comply with regional privacy requirements and consistently respect users' privacy preferences and consent settings.

• Maintain high advertising quality standards by identifying and blocking problematic creatives, troubleshooting rendering issues, and resolving fill-rate and latency challenges in collaboration with advertising operations teams.

• Implement reliable advertising event tracking, including ad requests, impressions, clicks, and revenue signals, to support accurate reporting and business decision-making.

• Design, execute, and evaluate A/B tests involving advertising configurations, placement strategies, refresh policies, floor pricing, and demand partner optimization.

• Use AI coding assistants and autonomous agents as essential development collaborators to generate technical specifications, produce Swift code, create tests, validate implementations, and review changes.

• Develop reusable AI-assisted engineering workflows, share successful practices, and help improve team productivity and development standards.

• Critically evaluate AI-generated code, applying the same quality standards as traditional engineering contributions and taking full responsibility for all production changes.

• Collaborate with product managers, advertising operations, data science teams, and external engineering partners to deliver scalable advertising solutions.

• Participate in architectural decisions, technical documentation, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives across the iOS codebase.

• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot production incidents, and support reliable mobile application releases.

• Mentor fellow engineers, share technical expertise, and contribute to establishing engineering standards and best practices.

• Contribute beyond iOS when necessary, supporting Android development, backend services, and advertising server configurations to deliver cross-platform solutions.

Requirements:

• At least six years of professional iOS software engineering experience, with a proven track record of developing and maintaining production applications at consumer scale.

• Minimum of one year of hands-on experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompting, evaluating, and building with AI-assisted development tools.

• Strong proficiency in Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit, alongside practical experience with modern iOS development tools and frameworks, including Xcode, Swift Concurrency, and Combine.

• Strong understanding of iOS architecture patterns, including MVVM, coordinators, dependency injection, and modularization using Swift Package Manager (SPM) or CocoaPods.

• Demonstrated experience integrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting third-party SDKs in production environments, including managing version upgrades, closed-source dependencies, application size, and performance considerations.

• Solid understanding of iOS performance optimization, memory management, and crash diagnostics, with experience using Instruments, MetricKit, Crashlytics, or equivalent tools.

• Experience with iOS continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) tools, such as Fastlane, Xcode Cloud, Buildkite, or GitHub Actions.

• Practical experience with AI-native and agentic development workflows, including prompt engineering, context-window management, MCP, and function calling.

• Demonstrated ability to use AI coding assistants for substantive engineering activities, including code analysis, implementation, refactoring, testing, documentation, and codebase navigation.

• Strong technical judgment and accountability, with the ability to critically review AI-generated outputs and ensure the reliability, security, and maintainability of delivered software.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or another technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, combined with a growth mindset and willingness to explore technologies and responsibilities beyond your immediate specialization.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions, discuss engineering trade-offs, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.

• Strong ownership mentality, taking responsibility for projects throughout their entire lifecycle, from initial design and implementation to production monitoring and continuous improvement.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• Previous experience in advertising technology, particularly OpenRTB, Prebid Mobile, Google Mobile Ads, Google Ad Manager (GAM), AdMob, AppLovin MAX, or Unity LevelPlay.

• Knowledge of iOS privacy and attribution technologies, including ATT, SKAdNetwork, AdAttributionKit, Privacy Manifests, and consent management platforms such as Google UMP and TCF/GPP.

• Experience developing or maintaining software development kits (SDKs) or reusable frameworks consumed by multiple engineering teams.

• Familiarity with advertising quality tools, creative rendering technologies such as WKWebView and MRAID, and troubleshooting advertising fill rates, latency, and rendering performance.

• Experience with experimentation and feature management platforms such as Statsig, LaunchDarkly, or Optimizely.

• Knowledge of Android development and Kotlin, or willingness to contribute to cross-platform engineering initiatives.

• Experience mentoring engineers, establishing technical standards, and introducing scalable development practices.

AI-Native Engineering Expectations:

• Daily AI adoption: Regularly use AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot for meaningful engineering activities, including coding, testing, refactoring, analysis, and documentation.

• Technical judgment and ownership: Critically assess AI-generated code, apply the same quality standards as traditional code contributions, and remain accountable for everything delivered.

• Engineering productivity: Use AI effectively to increase development speed, improve software quality, and independently tackle complex technical challenges.

• Knowledge sharing: Develop reusable prompting strategies, document successful AI workflows, and support colleagues in adopting AI-assisted development practices.

• Continuous innovation: Stay informed about emerging AI tools and techniques, experiment with new approaches, and recommend improvements that create measurable value for the engineering team.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary: Annual base salary ranging from USD $118,500 to $216,500, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location.

• Equity compensation: Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of the overall compensation package.

• Comprehensive healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.

• Life and disability insurance: Financial protection through life and disability insurance plans.

• Retirement savings: 401(k) retirement plan with an employer matching program.

• Paid parental leave: Support for employees and their families through paid parental leave.

• Flexible time off: Generous flexible paid time off, company-wide holidays, and additional summer and winter shutdown periods.

• Mental health support: Access to mental wellness programs and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Professional development: Learning and development opportunities to support technical growth and career progression.

• Remote work support: Equipment, technology tools, and reimbursement support to create a productive home-working environment.

• Exclusive memberships: Complimentary premium membership to the mobile platform and access to Tile tracking devices.

• Remote-first culture: Flexibility to work remotely within the United States.

• Collaborative environment: Opportunities to work alongside experienced professionals in mobile engineering, advertising technology, data, and AI innovation.

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