Senior Software Engineer, Ads Quality at Moloco
Menlo Park, CA
$188,000–$259,440
Jul 1, 2026
Menlo Park, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior, hands-on engineering tech lead role focused on ad quality systems within an AI-driven advertising platform. The position spans the full lifecycle of quality initiatives — from diagnosing advertiser pain points to cross-functional execution involving data science, product, sales, and engineering. Day-to-day work touches bidding logic, advertiser-facing surfaces, and quality systems, with a strong emphasis on experimentation and translating findings into scalable capabilities.
Senior level · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $188,000–$259,440
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Why we read it this way (6)
The posting is for a 'vertical tech lead' — a senior hands-on engineer who also drives cross-functional coordination across engineering, data science, product, sales, and marketing. It sits genuinely between an individual-contributor Software Developer (15-1252) and a Computer and Information Systems Manager (11-3021); the explicit 'hands-on engineer' framing and the absence of direct-report/budget language tips it toward 15-1252.
Ad tech / ads experience is listed under 'How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?' with 'strong preference' language, making it a near-hard gate in practice; it is treated as required here given the domain specificity of the role.
Machine learning and bidding systems appear only as contextual stack descriptions ('exposure to areas such as bidding logic … and quality systems'), so they are marked preferred.
The compensation ranges shown ($188K–$259K) are for Region A (Menlo Park/SF Bay Area/New York). Region B ranges are $169,200–$233,496 and Region C are $159,800–$220,524; the Region A figures are used here as the primary range since the role is headquartered in Silicon Valley.
No specific total years of experience are stated in the posting; seniority is inferred from 'senior, hands-on engineer' framing and the scope of the role.
The posting lists no specific programming languages, frameworks, or tooling beyond high-level domain references (bidding logic, quality systems, ML platform), so the skills list is necessarily sparse.
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