Tech Lead Manager - Strategic Infrastructure
About Moloco:
Moloco is a machine learning company empowering organizations of all sizes to grow and unlock the full value of their unique first-party data, elevating the traditional path to performance advertising. While the largest technology companies have proven the speed and scale of ad-targeting utilizing data— the same robust performance powered by machine learning has previously been unavailable beyond their platforms.
That's where Moloco steps in. With Moloco's powerful combination of cutting-edge machine learning technologies, we play a unique and visible role in shaping the digital economy, all while allowing companies to stay independent and scale.
An industry leader at the nexus of machine learning, performance marketing, and visionary product infrastructure, Moloco is advancing the advertising technology industry. We ranked in the top 10% of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies for 2023. Recognized as one of 46 leading Cloud Computing companies, receiving the Stratus Award for 2023. In 2023, we received Google’s Cloud DevOps Dreamers Award, a recognition given to companies that are implementing DevOps practices to drive organizational success and high performance. Lastly, Moloco is a 2024-certified Great Place to Work! Check us out on Glassdoor and be sure to get an inside look at working at Moloco on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Berlin, Seoul, Singapore, Beijing, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Tel Aviv and Tokyo.
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 will allow us the greatest opportunity to carry out our mission -- to empower businesses of all sizes to grow through operational machine learning.
Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!
About the Role
Moloco is a machine learning company operating at massive scale (we ingest 10 petabytes of training data per day) and our models are blazingly fast (returning predictions in 10 milliseconds or less); and a profitable unicorn (we're valued at $2B & been profitable for the last 17+ quarters).
On the Strategic Infrastructure team, you’ll provide cross-functional leadership for a cloud infrastructure team which engages on Moloco’s most strategic infrastructure projects. Moloco utilizes multiple cloud providers, and Strategic Infra is responsible for onboarding new platforms as well as scaling and optimizing the performance of Moloco’s core infrastructure assets.
What you'll do
- Manage projects, grow, and mentor a team of software engineers
- Evaluate and onboard cutting edge infrastructure platforms and features for usage at massive scale in Moloco’s machine learning systems
- Optimize infrastructure platform performance with different goals including latency, cost, and throughput
- Improve infrastructure efficiency, and upgrade core platforms to the latest technology for efficient and scalable operations
- Collaborate with other engineers at Moloco to build the best ML-based mobile advertising platform in the world
What you'll need to succeed
- BS in Computer Science or related fields (MS preferred)
- Leadership experience -- time spent as a Technical Lead Manager on a large scale project or direct engineering manager experience
- Management experience -- we're seeking someone who can optimize each team member's strengths and apply their skills in the right place
- Desire to still be hands on, working alongside the rest of the Strategic Infrastructure team and adding value to complex projects
- 10+ years of hands-on industry experience in software development
- Excellent software development skills and fluency in at least one programming language (preferably Java, Go, or Python)
- Outstanding problem-solving skills
- Bias for action; ability to inspire a team
- Experience in Cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure etc.)
- Experience in distributed computing
Our Compensation And Benefits (for United States Residents Only)
In accordance with various state laws, the range provided is a reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. We also offer a competitive benefits package.
Base Pay Range:
$200,000 - $279,010 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. For an overview of our global benefits, click here.
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.
Additional Resources:
Equal Opportunity:
Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we 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 gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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