FoundingEngineer

Elo is the ad-network for consumer AI applications. We’ve gone from 0 to XXM users in our publisher network in 45 days of inception. Background With AI becoming the primary surface of interaction for internet users, it is inevitable that digital advertising will happen within AI experiences (including but not limited to chat). Elo is aggregating supply across consumer AI apps to help them monetize their users via ads and help advertisers reach the right audience at the right moment. We’re backed by top funds like PearVC https://pear.vc/ and Audacious Ventures https://audacious.co/ who’ve invested in billion dollar companies like Doordash and WorkOS https://workos.com/. We also have advisors from mobile ad-tech and large consumer AI companies helping us in our mission. Founder is a published researcher and has previously built AI infrastructure at Google. Progress We’ve already solved the hardest cold start problem with ad networks: onboarding both advertisers and publishers. Now, we need to build and improve the core infrastructure to serve the most contextually relevant ads at the right moment. Role Founding engineer who’ll help us design the engine for ad delivery inside AI experiences and supporting infrastructure. The role guarantees high equity and competitive compensation ($170K-$220K) What you’ll build We’re already processing millions of requests per minute which is set to increase dramatically over the next few months. You’ll work on: 1. Ad decisioning pipeline: candidate retrieval, scoring, filtering, and final ranking under strict latency SLAs 2. Publisher SDK: lightweight integration that AI app developers embed in hours, not days 3. Delivery infrastructure: pacing, frequency capping, budget management, and campaign throttling 4. Observability stack: real-time dashboards for auction win rates, fill rates, revenue, and latency percentiles What we’re looking for We look for evidence of technical excellence. If you’ve built any of the following, we’d love t