Valid is one of the fastest-growing AI-native marketing companies. We’re building the company that replaces the traditional marketing agency.
We help brands grow across Meta, TikTok, Google, and TV by combining software, AI agents, creative production, and media buying into a single system. Every day, we launch, measure, and iterate on advertising campaigns at a speed that traditional agencies can’t match.
Our team operates at the intersection of AI video, filmmaking, performance marketing, and engineering. We believe the future of marketing isn’t people or AI, it’s people working alongside AI systems to produce better work, faster.
The model is already working. Valid manages more than $40M in annualized advertising spend and partners with some of the fastest-growing consumer and technology companies, including Replit, Rover, Tolan, and others. Since launching, we’ve consistently won head-to-head against incumbent agencies by delivering better performance and moving faster.
Backed by Canaan, Neo, Steve Huffman, Scott Banister, and other leading investors and operators, we’re building the next generation of marketing.
Experienced in architecting and implementing high scale and throughput systems
Accomplished in leading projects that develop and deliver game-changing products
Proactive in identifying opportunities to meet and exceed your team's objectives while growing your own career
Passionate about mentoring early-stage engineers
Driven by the opportunities and challenges afforded by early-stage, high-growth startups
You're an engineering leader who understands what needs to be done for you and Valid to reach ever-increasing levels of greatness. You thrive on seeing the forest through the trees — you identify the greatest challenges and bottlenecks and purposefully execute against them. As needs dictate, you fluidly transition between contributing both as an individual as well as a key member of a larger technical team.
Experience: 4+ years software engineering experience with focus on system architecture of large-scale, performant distributed systems
Technical Leadership: Experience leading technical projects, coordinating execution of small engineering teams, and setting engineering standards in an agile environment
Engineering Excellence: Mastery in Python (our day-to-day operating language) and a second-nature commitment to engineering best practices (e.g., CI/CD, testing, fault-tolerance)
Cloud and Infrastructure: Hands-on experience managing and deploying cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud) and orchestration tools (e.g., k8s, Docker)
1+ years in adtech or martech engineering in a senior capacity
2+ years in early-stage (pre-Series B) startups
Exposure to AI and machine learning platforms/APIs, frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch), and algorithms
Salary: We strive to make offers in the 90th-plus percentile of similar stage/trajectory companies for the level offered
Equity: Generous grants commensurate with experience
Benefits: 401k, healthcare, FSA, meals (when in-person)
Workplace: Remote-possible with a preference for IRL in our San Francisco headquarters
Impact: A foundational opportunity to revolutionize the landscape of digital advertising, forever
Growth: Active support in growing your career, skills, and outcomes in tandem with the growth of our business
Culture: A mission-driven organization where contributions are honored, diversity in experience and background is recognized, and disruption is core to everything we pursue
Applying the latest tech in novel ways to delight customers excites you, and your goal is to maximize ownership
You want to join something early-stage and can thrive in an environment of organized chaos:
Organized: Build with purpose, work efficiently, communicate clearly, especially in writing.
Chaos: We think the best place to learn is in market and will do what it takes to ship as quickly as possible.
You don't enjoy wearing multiple hats
You don't enjoy mentoring others
You dislike navigating ambiguity
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Build the future of advertising. We’re building an AI-native marketing company where creative, media buying, and engineering work together to help brands grow faster. Valid sits at the intersection of performance marketing, AI video, creative strategy, and software. We’re replacing the traditional agency model with something faster, smarter, and more accountable. We care deeply about taste, speed, ownership, and results. We’re looking for people who love making things, testing them in the real world, and improving them quickly. We care far more about what you’ve built, how you think, and how hard you push than about perfect resumes or polished interview answers. If you’re a marketer, engineer, creative, filmmaker, strategist, or operator who: Loves ads, growth, and internet culture Is excited by AI as a creative and operating tool Thrives in fast, high-ownership environments Wants to help define the next generation of marketing …you’re in the right place. We’ve grown quickly, work with ambitious brands, and are building a team of people who want to do the best work of their careers.