Software Engineer, Monetization
Builds and optimizes user-facing monetization features like payments, subscriptions, and in-app purchases across mobile and web. Requires strong frontend expertise in TypeScript/React/React Native and backend comfort with Python/Golang, plus experience driving revenue through consumer products.
About the job
What you’ll do
- Build and optimize user-facing features across mobile and web that power payments, subscriptions, and in-app purchase flows.
- Design and experiment with monetization surfaces, from virtual currency systems to premium upsells to advertising.
- Partner closely with design and product to create delightful, performant, and trustworthy purchase experiences.
- Collaborate with data science to define monetization success metrics, run experiments, and analyze outcomes.
- Work with backends to design scalable, reliable systems for payments, entitlements, and transactions.
- Maintain a high bar for UI/UX polish, performance, and privacy in sensitive user flows.
- Help shape the company’s approach to monetization experimentation, including frameworks for A/B testing and iteration velocity.
Who you are
- Experience in consumer products with monetization, IAP, or subscription flows.
- Deep understanding of Typescript, React, React Native, Tailwind, HTML, and modern front-end best practices.
- Comfortable contributing to backend services, ideally with Python or Golang, especially for payments or commerce systems.
- Demonstrated experience shipping user-facing features that drove measurable monetization or engagement outcomes.
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing iteration speed with quality and reliability.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and data.
Nice to Have
- Background in gaming, virtual currencies, or digital goods ecosystems.
- Prior experience with payment processors, subscription platforms, or marketplace ecosystems.
- Passion for user psychology, reward systems, and designing engaging monetization loops.
- Exposure to startup or zero-to-one product development environments.
Skills
TypeScript, React, React Native, Tailwind, HTML, Python, Go, A/B Testing
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