Our Economy team owns the products and systems that power how creators earn and how users discover, buy, and express themselves through virtual goods. Together, these make up the world's largest virtual economy, with millions of creators, hundreds of millions of users, and real money moving every second.
As a Software Engineer on Economy, you'll build the experiences users and creators interact with every day. You'll own meaningful features from day one, ship work that directly moves the business, and learn alongside experienced engineers who are invested in your growth. You'll partner closely with product, design, data science, ML, and backend teams on projects with high economic impact and real visibility.
You Have- 1-3 years of experience building production web or mobile frontends.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and a modern frontend framework (React preferred).
- Strong intuition for user experience. You notice when something feels off and you know how to fix it.
- Experience working on consumer-facing products.
- Curiosity and comfort with ambiguity. You ask good questions and contribute ideas that help shape a project's direction.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field (or equivalent experience).
- Bonus: Experience with e-commerce, marketplaces, monetization, personalization, or experimentation, or comfort contributing to backend services.
You Will- Build and ship polished, high-performing experiences used by hundreds of millions of people across web and mobile.
- Create tools that help creators grow their businesses and reach the people who'll love what they make.
- Bring personalization and data-driven features to life in partnership with ML and data science.
- Write performant, accessible, well-tested code, instrument your features, run experiments, and iterate based on what you learn.
- Own features end-to-end, from scoping through launch, and grow toward leading larger projects.
- Partner with product, design, and engineering to turn strategy into delightful user experiences.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on
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Annual Salary Range
$153,120-$196,750 USD
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
