Partner Solutions Engineer, Ads

About the role

We are looking for a highly-motivated Partner Solutions Engineer - Ads in Palo Alto. This is not a traditional support role. You will operate as a forward-deployed engineer at the intersection of product, engineering, and our partner ecosystem, owning the technical relationship with our most strategic 3P integration partners.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical onboarding and integration experience for strategic 3P partners across CAPI, web SDK, and APIs
• Guide advertisers and partners through correct implementation of Axon's tracking and data infrastructure, proactively identifying and resolving misconfigurations before they impact performance
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for partner-specific issues across new integration pilots, including API flows and sandbox/testing environments
• Drive adoption by translating complex technical requirements into clear, actionable guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Analyse technical issues with web SDK, CAPI, and API integrations, pinpointing root causes through data analysis
• Query and visualize large data sets to identify anomalies, performance drops, attribution discrepancies, and integration edge cases
• Build internal tooling and scripts to streamline troubleshooting, automate validation steps, and accelerate partner debugging
• Identify patterns across partner issues and translate recurring friction points into concrete product improvement recommendations
• Work closely with AppLovin's engineering teams to architect and prioritize solutions to integration problems at scale
• Act as the connective tissue between partners and our internal engineering teams, ensuring partner feedback directly influences product and API roadmap decisions
• Support new integration pilots across partners, owning sandbox validation and proactive issue resolution so core engineering stays focused on building
• Influence decision-making through data-centric presentations to internal stakeholders and leadership

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, with production-quality code in dynamic environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong foundation in web-based integrations: experience with CAPI, server-side tracking, APIs, pixels, or equivalent ad tech infrastructure
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or general-purpose language (Python, JavaScript, or similar) with the ability to build lightweight tooling independently
• Experience querying large data sets with SQL; comfort working directly in data to debug, validate, and surface insights

Qualifications

• Clear, precise written communicator, equally at ease in internal technical discussions and external partner communications
• Experience in ad tech, performance marketing, or e-commerce advertising, with familiarity with attribution, data signals, ROAS, and measurement concepts
• Hands-on experience with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Google Tag Manager, or equivalent
• Experience working with enterprise or strategic B2B partners in a technical capacity
• Track record of identifying product gaps from operational experience and driving improvements back into engineering roadmaps
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where the answer isn't always written down
• Prior experience in a solutions engineering, partner engineering, or forward-deployed engineering role