Character.AI

Character.AI

Software Engineer, Monetization

Redwood City, CA

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 292 days ago
TypeScriptPythonGoReactHTMLTailwind CSSReact NativeBackend DevelopmentData ScienceA/B TestingCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • We are scaling personalized AI to billions of users and monetization is at the core of making this vision sustainable.
  • Our monetization team is reimagining how users interact with virtual currency, subscriptions, and premium features in ways that feel intuitive, rewarding, and fun.

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.
  • Maintain a high bar for UI/UX polish, performance, and privacy in sensitive user flows.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and data.

Requirements

  • Experience in consumer products with monetization, IAP, or subscription flows.
  • Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing iteration speed with quality and reliability.
  • If you have experience with subscriptions, ads, virtual economies, or in-app purchase flows, and care deeply about building high-quality user experiences we'd love to work with you.

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.
  • ABOUT CHARACTER.AI
  • Character.AI http://Character.AI empowers people to connect, learn and tell stories through interactive entertainment.
  • Over 20 million people visit Character.AI http://Character.AI every month, using our technology to supercharge their creativity and imagination.
  • Our platform lets users engage with tens of millions of characters, enjoy unlimited conversations, and embark on infinite adventures.

Company info

  • We're looking for a product engineer who thrives at the intersection of core product, commerce, and user experience-someone excited to design and build systems that not only drive revenue but also enhance user delight.
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