A clear no over a vague yes.
We name constraints early and take responsibility for the commitments we make.
The trade-off: It means turning down appealing ideas when the conditions for doing them well are not there.
Build systems that stay in the work.
We are a remote-first team with high autonomy and direct access to the founder. We build and operate the technology behind customer acquisition where policy, payments and compliance add real constraints.
Know what you are joining.
Social Ad Signals is part technical consultancy, part infrastructure and operations team. We build mobile applications, administer distributed systems, support advertising accounts and connect the analytics and payment systems around customer acquisition.
Our work principally serves online gaming. Real-money systems, payments, platform policy and compliance make this a demanding place to build. Genuine interest in the space matters. If it is not for you, we would rather you know before you apply.
We stay involved with what we build. That gives engineers room to understand the whole system and see how technical decisions hold up in operation.
Values in practice.
We are part of Nimble Profit and share its focus on adaptability, long-term relationships, accountability, learning and impact. On our small team, those values shape how we make commitments, document systems and consider AI.
Documented systems over heroics.
We document decisions so another capable person can maintain and improve what we build.
The trade-off: Documentation and review take time up front, even when one person could solve today's problem faster.
AI in the work, not on the label.
We want AI tools to be part of a careful development process with checks, review and human judgment.
The trade-off: That means doing the less glamorous work of testing and evaluating tools instead of treating generated output as finished work.
The team works remotely on a Pacific-time day. The Principal Engineer brief describes core hours of roughly 10am to 6pm PT, with occasional later collaboration across Asia-Pacific time zones.
Join the work.
We keep hiring focused. The first conversation gives candidates a full picture of the business and the work. Later steps focus on technical judgment and working terms, without a drawn-out process.
Principal Engineer
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