Software Engineer - Backend
About The Position
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 : Flutter, React Native, Android, iOS Example projects Build scalable data models that support multiple impressions for an ad request Design abstractions that allow us to experiment and ship new formats that allow for a flexible way of tracking engagement events Build a low-latency frequency capping system to improve an end user's experience
Requirements
- You like debugging and optimizing performance
- You are detail oriented and like to create good abstractions that others rely on
- You enjoy experimentation, measuring, and creating reliable systems
Responsibilities
- Build scalable data models that support multiple impressions for an ad request
- Design abstractions that allow us to experiment and ship new formats that allow for a flexible way of tracking engagement events
- Build a low-latency frequency capping system to improve an end user's experience
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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