Senior Software Engineer, Billings

Published on June 05, 2024

StackAdapt is an industry-leading programmatic advertising partner of choice for advertisers and marketers. Our work in machine learning and data science sets us apart. It helps us understand the complexity of human behaviour, master the art of problem solving, and invent technology to revolutionize how brands reach consumers.

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.

Engineering at StackAdapt: As an Engineer at StackAdapt, you will be directly involved in the development of our advertising platform, producing production level code that will have a direct impact on the success of our product. You will work with large data sets and have exposure to modern tech stacks around GoLang, Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL and more. StackAdapt’s engineering organization believes in working collaboratively and cross functionally. You will get the opportunity to work in a diverse and flexible culture with dedicated career paths to help you succeed. 

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About the Billings team:We build and maintain all the billing infrastructure and integrations with payment gateways, invoicing and tax software through which all our customers are billed.
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’ll Be Doing
  • Design, improve, and debug complex, scalable 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.
  • Advise teams on technical debt consolidation in ways that efficiently service our business needs.
  • Mentor the team and lead by example to uphold software development best-practices in addition to conducting rigorous code and tech spec reviews.
  • Identify bottle-necks and general system wide performance issues and offer actionable solutions to address them
  • Be a significant individual contributor and key asset in delivering critical projects that ultimately bring value to our customers
  • Conduct technical interviews to attract and identify potential high performing candidates
What You’ll Bring To The Table
  • 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 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:
  • Highly competitive salaryRRSP/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 employmentW
  • ork 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

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