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Software Engineer, Early Career

Koah Labs

San Francisco, CAJob$120–160K/yrPosted 1w agoChecked 1w ago
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At a glance

Compensation
$120–160K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Koah Labs is building an AI‑native ad network, seeking early‑career engineers to shape core ad experiences, own projects, and collaborate across design, product, and data teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Artificial IntelligenceUser Experience DesignPrivacyAdvertisingMarketplaceTerraformAWSLokiGrafanaTempoMimirTailscaleCloudflarePostgreSQLClickHouseRedisKafkaPythonRuby on RailsReactTypeScriptiOSAndroidWebFlutterReact NativeUXProactive CommunicationCross-Stack CollaborationIn-Person CollaborationProblem Solving

Full job description

Who We Are Koah Labs is building the ad network to power the next generation of AI-native products. Our mission is to help publishers monetize and help advertisers reach the right audience — without compromising speed, UX, or privacy. We’re a small, tight-knit team in San Francisco with backgrounds at X, Apple, Meta and early-stage startups. We’ve raised from top investors and are growing fast with real traction on both the publisher and advertiser sides of the marketplace. Working at Koah means joining at the ground floor: you’ll ship code that shapes the company and the ecosystem we’re building. We move quickly, operate with high trust, and care deeply about craft.

Our Stack

  • Infra: Terraform, AWS, LGTM (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir), Tailscale, Cloudflare

  • Data: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Kafka, Python

  • Core Application: Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript

  • SDKs: iOS, Android, Web, Flutter, React Native

In this role, you will:

  • Help shape core ad experiences and shape how people see ads across our ad network

  • Tackle meaningful challenges with increasing autonomy, crafting code that millions of users will experience

  • Take ownership of projects that matter, make critical technical decisions, and contribute your unique perspective to our product vision.

  • Work alongside passionate experts across design, product, and data to create the advertising experience in this new era

You might thrive in this role if you:

  • Enjoy proactively communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

  • Are comfortable working across the stack, tackling new tasks out of your comfort zone, and can handle ambiguity

  • Work well in-person and enjoy fast feedback loops

  • Enjoy breaking down problems and testing your hypotheses

  • Get excited about end-to-end ownership within high agency environments

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