Lead Engineer - Data Ingestion & Streaming

Summary

Join StackAdapt, a leading technology company empowering marketers, as a Lead Engineer to lead the growing backend engineering team. You will architect scalable, low-latency backend systems and data pipelines, mentor engineers, promote best practices, and solve technical challenges. The role requires at least 5 years of software development experience in distributed systems and 1 year of leadership experience. StackAdapt offers a remote-first work environment, competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development. The company is known for its supportive culture and has received numerous awards for its workplace and performance. StackAdapt's real-time advertising bidding system handles millions of requests per second and stores terabytes of data daily, utilizing technologies like Go, Ruby on Rails, and various databases.

Requirements

• Proven track record of delivering results and leading growing, high-impact teams
• At least 5 years experience of software development in distributed systems, architecting scalable microservices and data pipelines in a successful high-growth technology company
• At least 1 year of leadership experience, including all the responsibilities listed above
• A strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms
• Up to date knowledge and experience in the latest technologies, tools, and frameworks

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable low-latency backend systems and data pipelines
• Write code as needed to support the team
• Lead and mentor a team of talented engineers within the backend distributed systems 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
• 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 with Go and high performance databases is a plus

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• RRSP/401K 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
• An awesome parental leave policy
• A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
• Our social and team events!