Software Engineer - Inventory

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.

Engineering at StackAdapt:

As an Engineer at StackAdapt, you will be directly involved in the development of our advertising platform, producing 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 around 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.

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About the Inventory team:

We’re a full-stack engineering team that builds features to help our customers discover and use premium ad inventory that meets their specific needs across a number of verticals and channels. We also work closely with our partnerships teams to build tools to curate inventory that can help our customers save time and money.

StackAdapt is a remote-first company, we are open to candidates located anywhere in North America for this position.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Design, improve, and debug complex, scalable distributed systems.
• Find solutions to optimize bottle-necks and general system wide performance.
• Always on the lookout to keep the tech stack updated with current standards.
• Write extensible, scalable and test-driven code.
• Take part in technical planning and architectural decision-making.
• Collaborate with team members on designing scalable, well tested, and well documented web architecture, including APIs and backend systems.
• Be able to take responsibility and ownership of projects from start to finish.
• Contribute to code reviews and technical spec reviews.
  
  

What We Are Looking For:

• 1+ years of full-time work experience building highly performant web applications.
• Knowledge of our full-stack technologies is highly preferred - React, Typescript, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails etc.
• Experience with a technical project end-to-end, from design to delivery.
• Strong understanding of scalable system design for web-based APIs and backend processing systems.
• Experience collaborating closely with Product & Design to design, implement and iterate on high impact end-to-end product experiences.
• Experience working with relational databases and key-value stores.
• Experience working on large scale Ruby on Rails / Go projects.
• Basic knowledge of AWS or other equivalent cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, etc.).
• Experience analyzing, benchmarking and optimizing web application page load performance across the entire stack.
• Experience with creatives, AdTag or programmatic advertising is a plus.
  
  

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