Lead Engineer, Stats and Analytics, Data Externalization

Summary

Join StackAdapt, a leading programmatic advertising platform, as a Lead Engineer to lead our growing backend engineering team. You will architect scalable, low-latency backend systems and data pipelines, mentor a team of engineers, and promote best practices. Our real-time bidding system handles millions of requests per second and stores terabytes of data daily. We utilize technologies like Go, Ruby on Rails, and various databases. This is a remote-first position open to North American candidates. StackAdapt offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Extensive experience with big data processing, ideally at the scale of terabytes or more
• Strong technical leadership skills with a proven ability to define and drive long-term engineering strategies
• Hybrid expertise in data engineering and software development – not just someone who runs queries, but someone who has built scalable data systems and engineering solutions
• Track record of building and scaling robust data pipelines and systems in production environments
• An ability to think strategically, lead technically, and inspire the team toward delivering high-impact, scalable solutions

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

• Hands-on experience with data warehouse technologies is highly desirable
• Familiarity with tools like Trino/Presto, Snowflake, and other modern data warehouse platforms

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!