Hiring: Software Engineer, Monetization Company: Character.ai Location: Redwood City, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 17:59:13 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: TypeScript, React, React Native, Tailwind, HTML, Python, Golang, Payments, Subscriptions, In-App Purchases (IAP), Virtual Currency, Monetization, A/B Testing, Front-end, Backend, Consumer Products, UI/UX Experience: - Experience in consumer products with monetization, IAP, or subscription flows. - 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. - Comfortable contributing to backend services, ideally with Python or Golang, especially for payments or commerce systems. Required Skills: - Deep understanding of TypeScript, React, React Native, Tailwind, HTML, and modern front-end best practices. - Ability to build and optimize user-facing features across mobile and web that power payments, subscriptions, and in-app purchase flows. - Experience designing and experimenting with monetization surfaces, from virtual currency systems to premium upsells to advertising. - Collaboration with design, product, and data science teams to define monetization success metrics, run experiments, and analyze outcomes. - Ability to 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. Qualifications: - Background in gaming, virtual currencies, or digital goods ecosystems (nice to have). - Prior experience with payment processors, subscription platforms, or marketplace ecosystems (nice to have). - Passion for user psychology, reward systems, and designing engaging monetization loops (nice to have). - Exposure to startup or zero-to-one product development environments (nice to have). Compensation: Not specified in the provided job text. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!