Software Engineer, Monetization (AI)

Location: Redwood City, CA

Compensation Range: $150K - $300K

Company

Character.AI empowers people to connect, learn and tell stories through interactive entertainment.

What you will do

• 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.
• Maintain a high bar for UI/UX polish, performance, and privacy in sensitive user flows.

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.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and data.

Nice to have

• Background in gaming, virtual currencies, or digital goods ecosystems.
• Prior experience with payment processors, subscription platforms, or marketplace ecosystems.
• Passion for user psychology, reward systems, and designing engaging monetization loops.
• Exposure to startup or zero-to-one product development environments.