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.

The Creative team manages all aspects of the creatives pipeline at StackAdapt, from serving creatives on bid requests to dynamic creative selection, creative approval and audit workflows, and applying complex business rules. We interact with several downstream services and stakeholders, including Bidding, Data Science, and Product. We leverage AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Aerospike, and other modern tools and databases.

We are a software services team, not a data engineering team.

Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: StackAdapt is a Remote First company; Lead a team of backend engineers who own the creative pipeline, supporting their day-to-day execution and removing blockers so the team ships reliably. Execute on roadmap milestones defined with Product and senior engineering leadership; break initiatives down into well-scoped sprints and track delivery, flagging risks and delays to stakeholders early. Run the team's agile rituals (stand-ups, planning, retros) and continuously monitor sprint health - velocity, workload balance - to prevent burnout and keep commitments realistic. surface performance concerns to leadership early.

Stay close to the technology: participate in code reviews and architecture discussions, uphold coding and testing standards, and help the team make sound, scalable component-level design decisions. Coordinate with peer teams (Bidding, Data Science, Product)



on immediate cross-team dependencies affecting creative serving and selection. Participate in incident resolution and support the team's on-call rotation; help onboard recent team members smoothly.

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StackAdapt's values in daily work and foster a culture of trust, transparency, and technical excellence.

Experience in adtech or martech, experience with (and not exclusively to) creative serving in a programmatic advertising space, understanding of different advertising channels and how they work together to serve creatives to users. ~ Experience with Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO), and ad markup and rendering. ~Proficiency in at least one backend language (Golang preferred; Java, Kotlin, C++, Rust, or similar). ~ Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms. ~ Working knowledge of modern development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and a track record of delivering on committed milestones. ~ Clear, transparent communication with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders (Product, Project Management). ~ Frontend development experience, understanding of web technologies and how creatives are served and rendered in the browser, and frontend device. It is informed by market data and the approved budget for this position. Depending on the role, candidates may also be eligible for additional compensation such as annual bonuses, commissions, equity awards,



and a comprehensive benefits package.Factors Influencing Final Compensation:The final compensation offer will be determined by a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to: the candidate's specific experience, technical skills, knowledge, abilities, and relevant education, licensure, and certifications.Canada Base Salary Band: $196,000 CAD - $269,500 CAD 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 Work from home reimbursementsOptional 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) An awesome parental leave program Our social and team events! In locations where StackAdapt does not have a legal entity, employment and benefits are administered in accordance with local regulations and partner policies. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, follow in faith, disability, superpower status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you're comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt.

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.

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