As a Software Engineer at Thrad, you will be the bridge between clients and the core platform. You’ll build monetization tools for AI apps while working directly with the founding team to solve real-time technical challenges. This role blends full-stack engineering with client-facing problem solving to shape the future of AI advertising.
Software Engineer at Thrad
Thrad is building the critical advertising infrastructure for the AI era, already serving millions of monthly ads for major global brands like Binance, Warner Music, and TripAdvisor. We are seeking a versatile Software Engineer in San Francisco to join our $10M Seed-backed team as a hybrid between a platform engineer and a client-facing problem solver. In this role, you will work directly with our founding team to build monetization surfaces for LLMs and chatbots. If you are an autonomous generalist who thrives on shipping production code and solving real-world challenges alongside high-growth founders, this is your chance to define the future of AI monetization.
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Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Thrad
Role overview
Delivering sponsored intelligence with paid ads in AI. Thrad is building the ad exchange for the AI era, enabling any prompt interface to monetise via ads and brands to advertise in them.
What you will do
- Develop and scale advertising infrastructure across the full stack using Python and React to support high-volume AI interactions.
- Act as a forward-deployed engineer, interfacing directly with clients to identify needs, troubleshoot issues, and implement custom technical solutions.
- Collaborate with the founding team to architect new features and maintain a platform currently used by major enterprise brands.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven experience as a generalist software engineer who has shipped production-grade features end-to-end in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Strong technical proficiency in Python and React, with the ability to move autonomously across backend, frontend, and infrastructure tasks.
- Excellent communication skills and a customer-centric mindset, comfortable shifting from deep coding sessions to collaborative client-facing problem solving.
Why this role is remarkable
- Massive impact potential as an early hire at a company already serving millions of monthly ads for global brands like Binance and MongoDB.
- High-growth environment backed by $10M in Seed funding from top-tier investors including M13, Torch Capital, and Credo Ventures.
- True ownership of the product lifecycle, working directly with founders to define and build the monetization layer for LLMs and chatbots.
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