Software Engineer

Summary

Join StackAdapt, a leading native advertising platform, as a Technical Engineering Manager I. You will lead and mentor a growing full-stack engineering team, designing, improving, and debugging complex, scalable distributed systems. This role requires experience building high-performance web applications, knowledge of relevant technologies (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, etc.), and collaboration with product and design teams. StackAdapt offers a competitive salary, equity, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment. We are a fast-growing company recognized for our workplace culture and innovative technology. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of scalable system design and experience with relational databases and key-value stores.

Requirements

• 1+ years of full-time work experience building highly performant web applications
• Experience with a technical project end-to-end, from design to delivery
• Strong understanding of scalable system design for web-based APIs and backend processing systems
• Experience collaborating closely with Product & Design to design, implement and iterate on high impact end-to-end product experiences
• Experience working with relational databases and key-value stores
• Basic knowledge of AWS or other equivalent cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Experience analyzing, benchmarking and optimizing web application page load performance across the entire stack

Responsibilities

• Design, improve, and debug complex, scalable distributed systems
• Take responsibility and ownership of projects from start to finish
• Provide mentorship to interns and junior engineers
• Always be on the lookout to keep the tech stack updated with current standards
• Write extensible scalable and test-driven code
• Take part in technical planning and architectural decision-making
• Collaborate with team members on designing scalable, well tested, and well documented web architecture, including APIs and backend systems
• Contribute to code reviews and technical spec reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of our full-stack technologies is highly preferred - React, Typescript, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails etc
• Experience working on large scale Ruby on Rails / Go projects
• Experience with creatives, AgTag or programmatic advertising is 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!