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.
Our systems are built in Golang and handle millions of requests per second with an SLA of 100ms. We leverage AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, ScyllaDB, and other modern tools and databases. It’s important to note that we are a software services team, not a data engineering team.
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StackAdapt is a Remote First company, we are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada or the United States for this position.
- Architect scalable, low-latency backend systems and data pipelines while writing code as necessary to support the team
- Provide technical leadership in the design of scalable solutions and the establishment of best practices
- Contribute positively to the team's productivity and growth
- Advocate for software development best practices and conduct thorough code reviews
- Proactively identify and address technical challenges
- Proven track record of building scalable, distributed, data-intensive systems
- Experience working with large data in low-latency environments
- At least 7 years of experience in software development for distributed systems, architecting scalable microservices, and data pipelines in a successful high-growth technology company
- A strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms
- Up-to-date knowledge and experience in the latest technologies, tools, and frameworks
- Adtech or Martech experience is a plus
- Experience with Go and high-performance databases is a plus
- Highly competitive salary
- Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally
- Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday's off!
- Access to a comprehensive mental health care program
- Health benefits from day one of employment
- Work from home reimbursements
- Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto
- Robust training and onboarding program
- Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc)
- Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
- An awesome parental leave program
- A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
- Our social and team events!
Please note: Benefits and perks may vary depending on your country of employment and the nature of your engagement. In locations where StackAdapt does not have a legal entity, employment and benefits are administered in accordance with local regulations and partner policies.
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