The Role
The Engineering Manager will lead a backend team focusing on user and audience data, manage cross-team initiatives, and mentor engineers. The role includes owning scalable backend systems, promoting best practices, and collaborating with stakeholders to align priorities with company goals.
Summary Generated by Built In
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.
About the Team:
The User Profile team manages all aspects of user profiles, from bidding requests to building audiences and applying complex business rules. We interact with several downstream services and stakeholders, including Bidding, Data Science, and other teams. We also own the non-programmatic workflow engine and user segment builder.
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.
What You'll Be Doing:- Lead a backend engineering team focused on user and audience data
- Drive complex, cross-team initiatives across multiple domains
- Design and own scalable, low-latency backend systems and data pipelines
- Mentor engineers and support team growth, performance, and productivity
- Promote engineering best practices through strong technical leadership and code reviews
- Identify and solve complex technical challenges
- Establish and evolve development processes using modern methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- Own the technical roadmap and software delivery for your team
- Interview and hire high-performing engineering talent
- Balance priorities to ensure alignment with company goals
- Collaborate with non-technical stakeholders (Product, Project Management)
- Support systems operating under global compliance frameworks
What You'll Bring to the Table
- 2+ years of people management or mentorship experience
- 5+ years of backend development experience in distributed systems, microservices, and data pipelines
- Experience in a high-growth technology environment (preferred)
- Proficiency in at least one backend language (Golang preferred; Java, Kotlin, C++, or similar)
- Proven ability to deliver results while leading and scaling teams
- Experience as a hands-on leader managing 3–10 direct reports
- Working knowledge of modern development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- Adtech experience, particularly with Demand Side Platforms (DSPs)
- Experience with compliance frameworks such as GDPR or CCPA
StackAdapter's Enjoy:
- 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.
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.
We use artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the resume reviews of candidates and assess their fit based on the criteria outlined in the job posting. We do not use AI to make any final hiring or interview decisions.
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:
G2 Top Software for 2026
2026 Best Workplaces™ for Young Talent and in Canada by Great Place to Work®
#1 DSP on G2 and leader in a number of categories including Cross-Channel Advertising
2026 Best Workplaces™ for Young Talent 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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Top Skills
AWS
C++
Go
Java
Kafka
Kotlin
Kubernetes
Scylladb
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The Company
What We Do
StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV and audio ads.
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