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Programmatic18 days agoRemote

StackAdapt

Staff/Senior Software Engineer, Programmatic Bidding

programmaticadtechmachine learningdistributed systemsmicroservicesGoC++JavaScalaRustlow latencyhigh throughputdata structuresalgorithmsperformance optimization

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Canada; United States

Full job description

StackAdapt is hiring a senior software engineer for their Programmatic Bidding team. The role involves leading engineering efforts to design, implement, and optimize scalable microservices and distributed systems that process billions of ad auctions daily with millisecond latency. Candidates must have 5+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in AdTech or MarTech, strong programming skills in Go or similar languages, experience with machine learning deployment, and expertise in building high-throughput, low-latency systems. Responsibilities include collaborating with ML engineers, applying data-driven methodologies, optimizing system performance, and partnering with product teams. Benefits include competitive salary, global retirement plans, paid time off, health benefits, remote work support, training, and a supportive culture. The position is remote and open to candidates in Canada and the United States.

What you'll do

  • Lead and collaborate with a team of engineers to design, implement, and optimize programmatic bidding systems
  • Apply analytical, data-driven, and statistical methodologies to problem solving and continuously optimize programmatic performance through experimentation and quantitative analysis
  • Collaborate with ML engineers to architect and build complex, innovative solutions pushing the boundaries of programmatic advertising capabilities
  • Optimize large-scale distributed systems handling billions of requests per second with millisecond-level latency ensuring high throughput and infrastructure performance
  • Partner with Product teams to ship innovative features advancing company vision and competitive advantage
  • Embody team mission with adaptability and pragmatic, results-oriented decision making
  • Foster operational excellence by cultivating a culture of trust, transparency, and technical excellence
  • Clearly articulate development ideas and hypotheses and openly embrace technical feedback to support collaborative innovation and continuous improvement

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in AdTech or MarTech, ideally working on high-scale or performance-critical systems
  • Advanced programming expertise in Go or strong proficiency in comparable languages such as C++, Java, Scala, or Rust
  • Experience applying machine learning, mathematics, and numerical methods including deploying large-scale models and real-time inference systems in production
  • 5+ years of experience in software development, particularly building high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems and architecting scalable microservices or data pipelines
  • Hands-on experience with multiple database systems with understanding of trade-offs and performance considerations
  • Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals including data structures and algorithms
  • Up-to-date knowledge of modern technologies, tools, and frameworks with curiosity to continuously learn and evolve
  • Bonus: Interest or experience in computational graphics, GPU programming, game development, game theory, or financial trading systems

Tech stack

GoC++JavaScalaRustmachine learningdistributed systemsmicroservicesdatabases

Benefits

Highly competitive salaryRetirement/401K/Pension Savings globallyCompetitive paid time off packages including birthdays offAccess to a comprehensive mental health care programHealth benefits from day one of employmentWork from home reimbursementsOptional global WeWork membership with hubs in London and TorontoRobust training and onboarding programSupport for personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books, etc.)Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certificationsParental leave programFriendly, welcoming, and supportive cultureSocial and team events

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