Job Description

StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.

StackAdapt is the no. 1 performing programmatic advertising platform helping brands accelerate customer engagement and acquisition. This state-of-the-art platform is where some of the most progressive work in machine learning meets cutting-edge user experience.

Ranking the highest in performance by G2 Crowd for the fourth time, we're one of the fastest growing companies in Canada and ranks 6th in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 ranking and 23rd in Fast 500 in North America.

We're seeking an Engineering Manager II to help lead our growing backend engineering team. Our real-time advertising bidding system handles over 3,000,000 requests per second and stores several terabytes of data every day. Our technologies include Go, Ruby on Rails, Aerospike, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RocksDB, Redshift, ScyllaDB, GraphQL and others. We're not afraid to test and try new technologies.

Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqu-a4gPuU

StackAdapt is a Remote First company, we are open to candidates located anywhere in North America for this position.

What you'll be doing:

+ Leading a team of engineers focused on building integrations with first-party, and third-party data sources + Contribute to building of StackAdapt CDP (Customer Data Platform)
+ Architect and review scalable low-latency backend systems and data pipelines
+ Lead and mentor a growing team of talented engineers within the backend team
+ Make a positive impact on the team's productivity and growth
+ Promote software development best-practices and conduct rigorous code reviews
+ Rigorously identify and solve technical challenges
+ Manage software development processes and own the technical roadmap
+ Conduct interviews to attract and identify potential high performing candidates
+ Balance and prioritize projects to maximize efficiency and ensure company objectives are achieved

We'll be reaching out to applicants that have:

+ Adtech experience or Martech experience is an asset + 2+ years managing five or more direct reports
+ 5+ years experience of software development in distributed systems, architecting scalable microservices and data pipelines. Experience in these areas for a successful high-growth technology company is a plus
+ Experience with Go (GoLang) Programming Language is needed in this role
+ Proven track record of delivering results and leading growing, high-impact teams
+ Experience as a player coach, leading technology as well as people management. Ideally experience managing 3 to 10 direct reports while being a hands on leader

StackAdapters enjoy:

+ Competitive salary + RRSP matching
+ 3 weeks vacation + 3 personal care days + 1 Culture & Belief day + birthdays off
+ Access to a comprehensive mental health care platform
+ Full benefits from day one of employment
+ Work from home reimbursements
+ Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office
+ Robust training and onboarding program
+ Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, etc)
+ Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
+ Mentorship opportunities with industry leaders
+ An awesome parental leave policy
+ A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
+ Our social and team events!

StackAdapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, follow in faith, disability (or superpower) status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you're comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know.

About StackAdapt

We've been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. We've been awarded:

Ad Age Best Places to Work 2024
G2 Top Software and Top Marketing and Advertising Product for 2024
Campaign's Best Places to Work 2023 for the UK
2024 Best Workplaces for Women and in Canada by Great Place to Work
#1 DSP on G2 and leader in a number of categories including Cross-Channel Advertising

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