Company details

Palo Alto, CA

HEADCOUNT

1000-2999

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.applovin.com/

About the company

AppLovin is an advertising technology company that builds software used by app developers and advertisers to acquire users, monetize audiences, and measure performance. The company is best known for products like MAX (mediation) and other marketing and analytics tools used in mobile-first businesses. AppLovin is publicly listed and has recently emphasized a tighter focus on the advertising business, including plans to exit parts of the games portfolio.

Locations and presence

AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and reports employees located across 17 countries. Many early-career roles are tied to specific offices (often Palo Alto), with location requirements varying by team and job family.

Palpable Score

63.8

/ 100

AppLovin is a decent early-career pick if you want a high-intensity environment with real work early, especially in engineering and adjacent roles, and AppLovin does publish at least some new-grad roles with clear “0–2 years” targeting. The score is capped because the company does not publish a clear early-career hiring roadmap and public interview feedback includes cases of time-heavy take-home work and uneven follow-up. Pay transparency is comparatively strong on some postings, but public evidence on conversions, promotions, and retention for early-career cohorts is limited.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company has public job postings explicitly aimed at early-career candidates, including roles that state “0–2+ years of experience” and “recent grad to 2 years of experience.”
AppLovin runs a summer internship program, and AppLovin has publicly described bringing in a large cohort of engineering interns for a 12-week program at headquarters.
The company’s careers landing page does not make early-career pathways easy to discover in one place, because open roles are loaded dynamically and early-career lanes are not clearly separated for first-time applicants.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

10.5

/ 20

The company’s careers materials focus on compliance and applicant warnings, but the company does not publish a consistent, role-by-role interview process outline with stages, timelines, and what assessments to expect.
AppLovin has public interview reports describing structured multi-round processes for technical roles (including multiple technical rounds, system design, and behavioral), which gives candidates some predictability once they look outside the careers site.
The company has candidate reports describing extremely time-consuming design challenges and limited feedback or follow-up, which is a fairness red flag for early-career applicants with limited spare time.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

12.8

/ 20

The company positions the internship experience as hands-on work with real impact, rather than shadowing-only placements.
AppLovin has public intern feedback describing accessible mentors and coworkers and meaningful ownership during an internship, which is a good early-career support signal.
The company’s public job ads and careers pages provide limited detail on onboarding, structured training, or mentorship expectations for new graduates once hired full-time, which limits confidence in consistent support beyond internships.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company publishes pay ranges on at least some early-career postings, including a California base pay range for a New Grad backend engineering role.
AppLovin lists concrete benefits in postings, including equity eligibility (role-dependent), medical and retirement benefits, paid holidays, sick leave, and an “Unlimited Discretionary Time Off” policy.
The company does not show consistent pay ranges across all roles and regions in a single place, so pay clarity can still vary depending on which posting you find and where you are based.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

12.5

/ 20

The company has a large set of employee reviews with a mid-range overall rating and recommendation rate, suggesting outcomes vary by team rather than being consistently great or consistently poor.
AppLovin has public intern experience write-ups describing strong day-to-day support and high-impact work, which is a positive signal for short-term early-career outcomes.
The company does not publish early-career outcome metrics like internship-to-offer conversion, promotion rates, or retention for early-tenure hires, and AppLovin’s recent strategic shift away from parts of the games business adds uncertainty for early-career continuity in any teams tied to that portfolio.