Full Stack Developer - Consumer Social App

About the role

Gist is a new consumer social app built by AppLovin, described as a handbook for the curious. The company is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to build its web applications, embedded web experiences and mini games. You will work across frontend interfaces and backend services, turning product ideas into experiences that are fast, reliable and easy to use, and you will own features from implementation through launch.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain responsive web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript or TypeScript and a modern frontend framework.
• Develop web experiences that work smoothly inside mobile WebViews, accounting for different screen sizes, devices and platform behavior.
• Build and integrate lightweight mini games and interactive features, including their interfaces and backend services.
• Develop and maintain backend APIs and database integrations that power product features.
• Partner with product managers, designers and mobile engineers to turn requirements into working features and deliver them through release.
• Improve product performance, stability and user experience across all platforms.
• Write maintainable, tested code, take part in code reviews and troubleshoot issues across frontend and backend.

Required profile

• Two years of professional software engineering experience, with practical experience in both frontend and backend development.
• Experience delivering smaller features independently and contributing to larger projects with guidance.
• A thoughtful approach to debugging, testing and writing readable, maintainable code.
• Comfortable collaborating across engineering, product and design, asking questions early and following through on delivery.

Required skills

• Strong foundations in HTML, CSS and JavaScript or TypeScript, including responsive layouts and browser behavior.
• Experience with a modern frontend framework such as React or Vue.
• Experience building backend services, working with APIs and using relational or non-relational databases.
• Preferred: cross-platform web apps, mini apps or embedded web experiences; familiarity with WebViews and platform SDKs; HTML5 games with Canvas, WebGL or a game framework; product analytics or feature experiments; AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.