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Lead Engineer, Data Export & Data Warehouse

Canada; United States

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.

We're seeking a Lead Engineer to help lead our growing backend engineering team. Our real-time advertising bidding system handles over 3,000,000 requests per second and stores several terabytes of data every day. Our technologies include Go, Ruby on Rails, Aerospike, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RocksDB, Redshift, ScyllaDB, GraphQL and others. We're not afraid to test and try new technologies.
 
Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqu-a4gPuU
 
StackAdapt is a Remote First company, we are open to candidates located anywhere in the United States or Canada for this position.

What you'll be doing

  • 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

What you'll bring to the table

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

StackAdapter's Enjoy:

  • 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
  • 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
  • An awesome parental leave policy
  • A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
  • Our social and team events!
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:
 
2024 Best Workplaces for Women and in Canada by Great Place to Work®
 
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