Engineering Manager I - Marketing Automation

StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio, in-game ads and digital out-of-home ads. We empower thousands 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.

StackAdapt is the #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 seeking a technical Engineering Manager to help lead our growing full-stack engineering team. 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, React, AWS SES, Go, GraphQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Amazon Redshift, and others.

Engineering at StackAdapt: 

At StackAdapt, you will be directly involved in leading your team to deliver 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 such as 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. 

About the Team:

The Marketing Automation Team is a new team responsible for building new marketing automation capabilities. This includes campaign editors, email services, audiences and reporting. This is an exciting new area for StackAdapt as we expand our product offering to become a more full-service marketing technology company. 

StackAdapt is a Remote First company, we are open to candidates located anywhere in North America for this position.

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

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading a team that builds solutions to help customers create and manage marketing automation campaigns
• Hire and mentor a new team of full-stack engineers across different levels of seniority
• Lead a high performance team that executes against their roadmap while following agile best practices
• Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to ensure requirements and priorities align
• Promote software development best-practices and conduct rigorous code reviews
• Plan ahead and architect scalable web APIs, component library and backend systems
• 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
• Write code as needed, such as those involving issue resolution and low-effort high-impact items

What You’ll Bring to the Table

• At least 2 years of leadership experience, including people management
• Proven track record of delivering results and leading growing, high-impact teams
• Prior experience working on email marketing automation is an asset
• In-depth experience with JavaScript or Typescript, CSS, HTML 
• Experience working with React.js and Redux
• At least 5 years experience of software development in web technologies and architecting scalable systems in a successful high-growth technology company
• Experience with a Ruby on Rails backend is a plus
• A strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (we have not forgotten our basics!) - data structures, system design, cloud computing, full-stack development etc.
• Passion to build a positive and fun engineering culture

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 platformFull 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!

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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