Senior Software Engineer - Internal Tools

StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio, in-game, and digital out-of-home ads. We empower hundreds of digitally-focused companies to deliver outcomes and exceptional campaign performance everyday. StackAdapt was founded with a vision to be more than an advertising platform, it’s a hub of innovation, imagination and creativity.

About the company:

StackAdapt is the no. 1 performing programmatic advertising platform helping brands accelerate customer engagement and acquisition. This state-of-the-art platform is where some of the most progressive work in machine learning meets cutting-edge user experience. 

Ranking the highest in performance by G2 Crowd for the fourth time, we're one of the fastest growing companies in Canada and ranks 6th in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 ranking and 23rd in Fast 500 in North America.

We're always keeping an eye out for talented developers as we build cutting edge software. The digital advertising industry is riddled with interesting challenges as we continue to scale out our platform with a fast growing list of customers. Our technologies include Ruby on Rails, Go, React, Typescript, GraphQL, Aerospike, Redis, Elasticsearch, Amazon Redshift, and others.

Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqu-a4gPuU

About the team:

Our mission is to develop critical features and automation-driven tools that empower Operations, Revenue, Partnerships, and other key teams to scale core business functions efficiently. For example, we build solutions that automate ad compliance audits and streamline customer account management. What makes our team unique is that, while we primarily serve internal StackAdapt teams, our work has a direct or indirect impact on end users by ensuring seamless platform operations. For instance, we own the roles and permissions framework, a foundational system that spans multiple teams and the entire platform. This gives our team the opportunity to collaborate across the organization and drive broad, meaningful impact.

StackAdapt is a Remote First company, we are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada willing to work in EST for this position.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Design, improve, and debug complex, scalable distributed systems.
• Find solutions to optimize bottle-necks and general system wide performance. 
• Always 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.
• Be able to take responsibility and ownership of projects from start to finish.
• Contribute to code reviews and technical spec reviews.
• Provide mentorship to interns and junior engineers.

What We Are Looking For

• At least 5+ years of full-time work experience building highly performant web applications with outstanding UX.
• You must have recent work experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Knowledge of our full-stack technologies is highly preferred - React, Typescript, GraphQL and Go.
• 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
• Experience analyzing, benchmarking and optimizing web application page load performance across the entire stack.

StackAdapters Enjoy

• 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
• 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
• 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!

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StackAdapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, follow in faith, disability (or superpower) status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you’re comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know.

About StackAdapt

We've been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. We've been awarded:

Ad Age Best Places to Work 2024

G2 Top Software and Top Marketing and Advertising Product for 2024

Campaign’s Best Places to Work 2023 for the UK

2024 Best Workplaces for Women and in Canada by Great Place to Work®

#1 DSP on G2 and leader in a number of categories including Cross-Channel Advertising

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