Backend Engineer, New Grad

AppLovin

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Work type: On-site
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $124,000–$186,000 / yr
Posted: 62 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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About AppLovin

AppLovin enables businesses to advertise profitably with marketing technologies that attract customers, increase revenue, and track ad performance.

AppLovin currently has 16 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $125,000–$206,500 across 12 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Backend Engineer, New Grad

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Join our backend software engineering team as a new graduate engineer, where you will design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems that handle billions of requests daily. You’ll collaborate with various teams to solve complex technical challenges, contributing to the roadmap of our high-performance, globally distributed ecosystem platform. Key responsibilities include implementing state-of-the-art infrastructure and creating low-latency, high-availability systems across multiple data centers. Ideal candidates have a strong background in computer science fundamentals and experience with C++ or Java. This role offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies that drive the foundation of our mediation platform and header bidding solution at scale.

Skills

C++ Java Python Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL Kubernetes AWS Terraform

What you'll do

Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems.
Implement state-of-the-art software infrastructure for high performance.
Create high-availability low-latency systems across multiple data centers.
Collaborate with product teams to influence roadmap and technology direction.
Independently create and maintain projects from conception to completion.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science
0-2 years of professional experience in software engineering
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and coding fundamentals
Experience with C++ and/or Java (preferred)
Ability to design and maintain large-scale distributed systems
Independent project creation and maintenance skills

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