Software Engineer, Monetization

Character.ai
Redwood City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 150,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration"]

As a Monetization-focused Software Engineer, you’ll build front-end and back-end features for payments, subscriptions, and in-app purchases, shaping virtual currency systems and advertising surfaces. You’ll collaborate with design, product, data science, and backend teams to create seamless, high-conversion experiences that balance revenue with privacy and user delight across mobile and web.

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Character.ai
Character.ai
11 months ago

Software Engineer, Monetization

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Job Summary

As a Monetization-focused Software Engineer, you’ll build front-end and back-end features for payments, subscriptions, and in-app purchases, shaping virtual currency systems and advertising surfaces. You’ll collaborate with design, product, data science, and backend teams to create seamless, high-conversion experiences that balance revenue with privacy and user delight across mobile and web.
Location: Redwood City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •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.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,000 - 300,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •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.
Experience:Consumer productsMonetizationIAPSubscription flows
Skills:CommunicationCollaboration
Tech Stack:TypeScriptReactReact NativeTailwindHTMLPythonGolang

Company Brief

Character.ai
Builds a conversational AI platform where users create and interact with lifelike AI characters for entertainment, learning, and productivity, backed by advanced large‑language‑model research and consumer-facing products.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: Menlo Park, United States
Founded: 2021
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