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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.\nAbout the Team:\nThe 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.\nOur systems are built in Golang and handle millions of requests per second with an SLA of 100ms. We leverage AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Aerospike, and other modern tools and databases. We are a software services team, not a data engineering team.\nWatch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqu-a4gPuU\nStackAdapt is a Remote First company; we are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada or the United States for this position.\n What You'll Be Doing:\nLead a team of backend engineers who own the creative pipeline, supporting their day-to-day execution and removing blockers so the team ships reliably.\nExecute 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.\nRun the team's agile rituals (stand-ups, planning, retros) and continuously monitor sprint health - velocity, workload balance - to prevent burnout and keep commitments realistic.\nConduct regular 1:1s, give timely tactical feedback, build psychological safety, and support engineers in executing on their growth plans; surface performance concerns to leadership early.\nStay 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.\nCoordinate with peer teams (Bidding, Data Science, Product) on immediate cross-team dependencies affecting creative serving and selection.\nParticipate in incident resolution and support the team's on-call rotation; ensure production issues are followed through to root cause.\nParticipate in interviews and provide hiring feedback; help onboard new team members smoothly.\nEncourage adoption of approved AI tooling (code generation, debugging, documentation) to raise team velocity.\nModel StackAdapt's values in daily work and foster a culture of trust, transparency, and technical excellence.\nWhat You'll Bring to the Table\nExperience 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.\nExperience with Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO), and ad markup and rendering.\n1+ years of people management experience, or 2+ years as a tech lead / mentor for a backend team, with a desire to grow into a career manager.\n5+ years of backend development experience in distributed systems, microservices, and high-throughput, low-latency services.\nProficiency in at least one backend language (Golang preferred; Java, Kotlin, C++, Rust, or similar).\nA hands-on leadership style - comfortable reviewing code, debating architecture, and diving into production incidents alongside the team.\nStrong grasp of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.\nWorking knowledge of modern development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and a track record of delivering on committed milestones.\nClear, transparent communication with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders (Product, Project Management).\nHands-on experience with our stack.\nNice to Have: \nFrontend development experience, understanding of web technologies and how creatives are served and rendered in the browser, and frontend device.\nExperience operating systems under global compliance and privacy frameworks.\nThe compensation range listed for this role reflects the expected base salary for candidates located in the posting country based on a global rate. It is informed by market data and the approved budget for this position. StackAdapt maintains different compensation ranges for roles across other countries and regions, and final offers will be aligned to the candidate’s current location. We do not ask candidates about current or prior salary history, and we will not use such information, if volunteered, in setting an offer.\nThis range represents base salary only. Depending on the role, candidates may also be eligible for additional compensation such as annual bonuses, commissions, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits package.\nFactors Influencing Final Compensation:\nThe 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.\nOther business factors, such as organizational needs and budget alignment, may also be considered in the final offer.\nCanada Base Salary Band\n$228,000—$313,500 CAD\nUSA Base Salary Band\n$208,000—$286,000 USD\nStackAdapter's Enjoy:\nHighly competitive salary\nRetirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally\nCompetitive Paid time off packages including birthday's off!\nAccess to a comprehensive mental health care program\nHealth benefits from day one of employment\nWork from home reimbursements\nOptional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto\nRobust training and onboarding program\nCoverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc)\nAccess to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning\nAn awesome parental leave program\nA friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture\nOur social and team events!\nPlease note: Benefits and perks may vary depending on your country of employment and the nature of your engagement. In locations where StackAdapt does not have a legal entity, employment and benefits are administered in accordance with local regulations and partner policies.\nStackAdapt 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, superpower status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you’re comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. \nStackAdapt is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require an accommodation, please let us know.\nWe use artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the resume reviews of candidates and assess their fit based on the criteria outlined in the job posting. We do not use AI to make any final hiring or interview decisions.\nAbout StackAdapt\nWe've been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. 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