Full-Time

Python Engineer Team Lead

SplitMetrics

SplitMetrics

51-200 employees

AI-powered optimization for Apple Search Ads

No salary listed

Remote in Spain

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Python
Requirements
  • 6+ years of backend engineering experience including distributed systems design
  • 2+ years in a role with technical leadership responsibilities (team leader, senior leading others, etc.)
  • Experience with planning, estimation and delivering complex projects
  • Strong understanding of performance optimization and scalability principles
  • Confident in owning decisions with business impact
  • Able to work under high delivery pressure and manage trade-offs
  • B1+ English level
Responsibilities
  • Take full ownership of planning and delivering platform roadmap items
  • Lead the backend engineers in the team, organize day-to-day work and ensure predictable delivery
  • Plan work for the next quarter and contribute to high-level multi-quarter planning together with Director of Engineering
  • Improve delivery accuracy, reduce delays, and manage risks early
  • Design and develop scalable high-load backend solutions used across the company
  • Optimize data flows, performance, and system reliability
  • Drive modernization of legacy services, architecture improvements and technical debt reduction
  • Collaborate with product owners, solution architects and other teams on priorities and alignment
  • Ensure proper documentation, visibility and knowledge sharing inside the team

SplitMetrics provides a suite of software tools and services designed to help mobile app developers grow their user base through Apple Search Ads and app store optimization. The platform uses artificial intelligence to automatically adjust advertising bids based on real-time data and offers A/B testing to determine which app store assets perform best. Unlike general marketing tools, SplitMetrics focuses specifically on the Apple Search Ads ecosystem by combining automated campaign management with specialized market intelligence. The company's goal is to help businesses increase their return on ad spend and lower the cost of acquiring new users through data-driven decision-making.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI optimization delivers 55% ROAS boost per App Promotion Summit London 2025 data.
  • Search results campaigns hit 67.2% conversion rate in 2024, up from 65.37% in 2023.
  • Eoin Hallahan as CRO drives revenue growth post-App Radar seven-figure acquisition.

What critics are saying

  • Apple's native automation replicates features, commoditizing SplitMetrics in 12-18 months.
  • Privacy controls and SKAdNetwork limit attribution, eroding value in 6-12 months.
  • App Radar integration fails due to cultural clash, causing churn in 6-18 months.

What makes SplitMetrics unique

  • SplitMetrics Acquire automates Apple Search Ads with AI bid optimization and customizable rules.
  • App Radar acquisition creates full-service AI-driven app marketing platform.
  • Free Starter Plan manages 20,000 keywords with MMP integration and full-funnel reporting.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Sick Leave

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Time Off

Paid Vacation

PTO

Vaccination Leave

Health and Wellness

Professional Development Budget

Conference Attendance Budget

Office hubs in key locations

Coworking costs coverage program

Internal mobility program

Company News

Business of Apps
Jul 9th, 2025
AI delivers 55% revenue boost for app marketers

New data from SplitMetrics presented at App Promotion Summit London 2025 reveals that AI-powered optimization achieved a 55% increase in return on ad spend while maintaining identical budgets, marking a watershed moment for automated marketing.

MarTech Cube
Jan 14th, 2025
SplitMetrics welcomes Eoin Hallahan as CRO

App growth solutions company, SplitMetrics, announces today that Eoin Hallahan has joined the team as the new Chief Revenue Officer.

VentureBeat
Jul 9th, 2024
Android Vr Game Downloads Up 40% Yoy, Setting New Benchmark | Splitmetrics

GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playing games here. VR game downloads on Android are on pace for a record breaking year of growth according to SplitMetrics. In the first half of 2024, the top 28 VR games on Android devices gained an estimated 5.5 million new downloads — 40% more year-on-year. At this rate, that number will grow to 11 million before the end of the year. This is a major milestone for the VR market as this total will surpass both 2022 (10 million and 2023’s (8 million) download totals.“Much of the hype around the VR sector has dissipated which may lead you to believe that the sector is stagnating

VentureBeat
Mar 14th, 2024
Ai Girlfriends Are 7 Times More Popular Than Ai Boyfriends

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. AI girlfriends are seven times more popular than AI boyfriends, according to an analysis from App Radar by SplitMetrics, a company specializing in app growth solutions.The popularity of AI companions has soared, as SplitMetrics found that AI companion apps reached 225 million lifetime downloads in the Google Play Store.The research has found that AI Girlfriend (506,000) has been downloaded almost seven times more than the app AI Boyfriend (74,000), suggesting that more users are looking for female rather than male AI companions.The study looked into 38 AI chat apps that offer functions with AI chat for virtual companionship and dating, and are available in the Google Play Store

Scoopshot
Nov 16th, 2023
SplitMetrics acquires App Radar to boost mobile app growth - Scoophot

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