Remote – Canada)
Very is a fully distributed technology firm led by expert problem-solvers who create efficient, scalable solutions that move commercial, industrial, and consumer products from pilot to production in record time.
We believe that real innovation happens in the grind — working shoulder to shoulder with clients who are building the future. Our team thrives on that energy. When we’re not helping clients deliver business-critical outcomes, we’re refining our craft and celebrating what it means to do hard things well.
We’ve built a collaborative, tight-knit culture that thrives in both remote and in-person settings. org as a Best Company for Women to Advance.
Our job is simple: help them win.

As an AdTech Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of 3 to 5 engineers embedded in a client's engineering organization through Very's staff augmentation model, working on programmatic advertising infrastructure. You and your team will work across the ad serving pipeline, from bid request handling through creative delivery, in high-throughput, low-latency environments on AWS.
This is a full time, long-term role that combines people leadership with hands-on technical work. You'll work in the client's codebase, tools and processes, partner day to day with their engineering and product leaders, and stay part of the Very team. At Very, a manager is accountable for both what the team ships and how the team works.
As the leader of an embedded team within the client's engineering organization, you'll:
Lead, mentor and grow a team of 3 to 5 AdTech engineers, including hiring, onboarding, 1:1s, performance reviews and career development.
Plan and prioritize the team's work with client engineering and product leaders, and own delivery against sprint and roadmap commitments.
Oversee integrations with ad server platforms, including tag management, creative rendering and VAST compliance.
Set the architecture for AWS systems that scale elastically under variable,



auction-driven traffic.
Own the data pipelines for bid stream processing, event logging, reporting, attribution and frequency capping.
Own the team's production support and incident response, and maintain system health, performance and reliability.
Collaborate across engineering, product and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Identify and proactively address potential technical or operational risks before they affect revenue or customers.
Cloud: AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, auto-scaling, CloudFront, S3, Athena/Redshift)
Databases & Caching: Infrastructure as Code: AWS CDK, Terraform
DevOps: Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines
Build a Strong Team: Hire, develop and retain engineers who deliver with minimal oversight and hold a high bar for quality.
Ensure Accurate Data: Deliver reliable impression, event and reporting pipelines the business can trust.
Deliver High-Quality Features: Make sure your team ships secure, reliable code that meets requirements and delivers measurable business value.
Review designs and code, set engineering standards, and make sure RTB and ad serving components comply with OpenRTB and IAB standards.
Lead integrations with ad server platforms such as Spring Serve.
Guide the design and upkeep of scalable AWS infrastructure built with AWS CDK and/or Terraform.
Oversee the bid stream and event processing pipelines the team runs on Kafka or Kinesis.
Own the team's deployment practices, CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring and alerting.
Run the team's rituals (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives)



within the client's engineering processes and tools.
Report on team health, delivery and risks to client stakeholders and Very leadership, and drive documentation and knowledge sharing.

BS or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field

- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Hands-on experience building programmatic advertising systems (ad networks, SSPs, DSPs, ad exchanges, ad-tech startups or publisher-side engineering)
- Experience designing and operating systems on AWS at scale
- Full software development lifecycle experience, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment and operations

Spring Serve ad server integration experience (a robust differentiator)
js or server-side)
Infrastructure as code with AWS CDK or Terraform
Technical Proficiency
Strong knowledge of the OpenRTB specification and IAB technical standards (ads.Experience integrating with or building against ad server platforms
AWS scaling patterns for ad-tech workloads, including:
EC2/ECS/EKS auto-scaling
CloudFront for creative delivery
Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (AWS CDK or Terraform)
Experience building data pipelines for reporting, attribution and frequency capping
Measures technical choices by their business impact.
Gives direct, timely feedback to their team and collaborates effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Quality-Driven: Holds themselves and their team to high standards for code quality and reliability.
Base Compensation: $126,500 CAD, commensurate with experience.
Up to 10% annual performance bonus
**600 USD/yr home office equipment stipend

- Extended healthcare, dental, and vision insurance
- If you’re looking for a place where every project matters, where the standards are high, and where you’ll grow by pushing yourself and others — welcome to Very.

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📌 Engineering Manager (Full-time Remote) (Canada)
🏢 Very
📍 Canada