[Hiring] Senior Staff Software Engineer @Liftoff

Role Description

As an engineer on Liftoff’s Accelerate Serving team, you will:

• Design, build, and operate the high-throughput, low-latency services that receive bid requests, execute Liftoff’s bidding logic, and respond to ad exchanges in real time.
• Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of systems that process millions of requests per second under strict latency constraints.
• Develop and optimize GPU-powered inference services that execute neural network models using TensorRT.
• Profile end-to-end inference pipelines to identify and eliminate bottlenecks in GPU utilization, batching, memory access, serialization, networking, and request handling.
• Partner with machine learning engineers to productionize new model architectures and features, translating modeling requirements into efficient and reliable serving implementations.
• Design and operate large feature store fleets that provide low-latency access to real-time and precomputed features.
• Develop benchmarking and performance-analysis tools that help engineers compare models, understand latency and throughput trade-offs, and identify regressions before deployment.
• Improve experimentation tooling that allows machine learning teams to orchestrate offline training runs, evaluate candidate models, and maintain model leaderboards.
• Own changes through their full lifecycle—from system design and implementation to testing, deployment, observability, capacity planning, incident response, and continued optimization.

Qualifications

• Strong core Computer Science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, system architecture)
• 10+ years of industry experience
• M.S. or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
• Experience with Go is a plus

Requirements

• This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities: CA, CO, ID, IL, FL, GA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, and WA
• We are a remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and New York City.

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.

• SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $255,000 - $310,000
• Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $234,000 - $285,000
• All other cities and towns in our approved states: $219,000 - $266,000

Benefits

• Liftoff offers a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative work environment where employees are empowered to grow and make an impact.
• Liftoff’s compensation strategy includes competitive salaries, equity, and benefits designed to support employee well-being and performance.
• Benefits may include medical coverage, wellness stipends, and additional perks based on your country of residence.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.