Job Title: Founding Engineer - Growl

Company Name: Dealops

Job Details: $170k-$220k/yrRemoteFull,Time

Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/imczg1qnj0pt27um

Job Description: Posted 1d agoFounding Engineer - Growl@ DealopsView All JobsWebsiteSan Francisco or Austin$170k-$220k/yrRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:Ad decisioning, Delivery infrastructure, ObservabilityRequirements Summary:Founding engineer with strong systems and backend experience, able to design ad delivery infra, scale services, and build observability dashboards. Equity offered; salary $170K-$220K.
Growl is the ad-network for consumer AI applications. We’ve gone from 0 to XXM users in our publisher network in 45 days of inception.BackgroundWith AI becoming the primary surface of interaction for internet users, it is inevitable that digital advertising will happen within AI experiences (including but not limited to chat).Growl is aggregating supply across consumer AI apps to help them monetize their users via ads and help advertisers reach the right audience at the right moment.We’re backed by top funds like PearVC and Audacious Ventures who’ve invested in billion dollar companies like Doordash and WorkOS. We also have advisors from mobile ad-tech and large consumer AI companies helping us in our mission. Founder is Sahil Manocha who’s a published researcher and has previously built ad infrastructure at Google.Progress We’ve already solved the hardest cold start problem with ad networks: onboarding both advertisers and publishers. Now, we need to build and improve the core infrastructure to serve the most contextually relevant ads at the right moment.RoleFounding engineer who’ll help us design the engine for ad delivery inside AI experiences and supporting infrastructure. The role guarantees high equity and competitive compensation ($170K-$220K)What you’ll buildWe’re already processing millions of requests per minute which is set to increase dramatically over the next few months.You’ll work on:Ad decisioning pipeline: candidate retrieval, scoring, filtering, and final ranking under strict latency SLAsPublisher SDK: lightweight integration that AI app developers embed in hours, not daysDelivery infrastructure: pacing, frequency capping, budget management, and campaign throttlingObservability stack: real-time dashboards for auction win rates, fill rates, revenue, and latency percentilesWhat we’re looking forWe look for evidence of technical excellence.If you’ve built any of the following, we’d love to chat:Your own AI agent harness or multi-agent workflow for complex tasksLow latency network infrastructure and data pipelines serving millions of requests per secondScalable and self-healing infrastructure with 1000s of compute workers spinning up and down with variable demandHigh frequency trading systemsOr anything that you believe reflects high calibre of engineering design and low-level systems understanding.You’re a good fit if you:Care about your craft and operate ethicallyTake extreme ownership of outcomesLike to operate independentlyShip extremely fast and effectively use AI to accelerate your impactWant to operate in a fun and social work environmentApply and you’ll hear back in less than a day.