StackAdapt is hiring a
Lead Engineer, Remote - Canada

Summary

The job is for a Technical Lead Engineer at StackAdapt, a fast-growing advertising platform. The role involves leading a team to improve the reporting & overview experience on the platform, mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, solving technical challenges, working closely with product managers and designers, conducting interviews, balancing projects, and more. Requirements include 5+ years of web application experience, leadership experience, TypeScript, React, GraphQL expertise, and a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals.

Requirements

• Proven track record of delivering results and leading growing, high-impact teams
• At least 5+ years experience building highly performant web applications with outstanding UX
• Experience leading large scale modernization efforts to revamp legacy systems from start to finish
• Experience analyzing, benchmarking and optimizing web application performance across the entire stack
• Experience with at least 3 direct reports in a leadership role
• In-depth experience with Typescript, React, GraphQL

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of 2-4 engineers that’s focused on improving our reporting & overview experience in platform - the two most frequented pages on our platform to manage campaigns & get insights
• Mentor teams of talented engineers within full-stack web engineering
• Promote software development best-practices and conduct rigorous code reviews
• Plan ahead and architect web pages to be strongly typed & maintainable, has great UX and scales well for our largest clients that run tens of thousands of campaigns
• Rigorously identify and solve technical challenges
• Write code as needed, such as those involving issue resolution and low-effort high-impact items
• Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to ensure requirements and priorities align
• Conduct interviews to attract and identify potential high performing candidates
• Balance and prioritize projects to maximize efficiency and ensure company objectives are achieved

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience scaling a Ruby on Rails. backend architecture is a plus
• Prior experience building data-intensive visualizations such as graphs & maps are a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity
• 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!