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Software Engineer, Backend


Company : StackAdapt


Location : Calgary, Alberta


Created : 2026-03-07


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

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 AIpowered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forwardthinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate highimpact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels. StackAdapt is the number 1 performing programmatic advertising platform helping brands accelerate customer engagement and acquisition. This stateoftheart platform is where some of the most progressive work in machine learning meets cuttingedge user experience. Ranking the highest in performance by G2 Crowd for the fourth time, were one of the fastest growing companies in Canada and rank 6th in Deloittes Technology Fast 50 ranking and 23rd in Fast 500 in North America. Our realtime advertising bidding system handles over 3,000,000 requests per second and stores several terabytes of data every day. Our technologies include Go, Ruby on Rails, Aerospike, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RocksDB, Redshift, ScyllaDB, GraphQL and others. Were not afraid to test and try new technologies. Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqu-a4gPuU StackAdapt is a Remote First company; we are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada for this position. What Youll Be Doing Building highly scalable, distributed realtime microservices primarily written in Go. Working with large data sets and various databases including Aerospike, Elasticsearch, Redis, ScyllaDB, Redshift, TiDB, MariaDB. Building software that utilizes messaging queues such as Kafka, SQS, and Kinesis. Writing performanceefficient and memoryoptimized code. Well Be Reaching Out To Candidates That Have 2+ years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer. Very strong problemsolving skills in data structures, algorithms, and optimisation. Experience working with relational databases and/or keyvalue stores. Experience building scalable microservices and distributed systems. Teams Hiring at StackAdapt Bidding Team (AdTech at Scale) Build and optimize the realtime microservices that automatically purchase ad inventory across web, mobile, CTV, and more. Work on lowlevel performance optimizations, highthroughput systems, campaign pacing algorithms, and ML model integrations that directly impact how millions of dollars are spent efficiently every day. Ideal for engineers with handson AdTech experience, especially with bidders, open exchanges, and bid streams, who thrive in highscale, lowlatency environments. Marketing Execution (MarTech Meets AdTech) Join a backend team doing something different: building the foundation for marketing tech, i.e. Email, Direct Mail and SMS marketing as part of StackAdapts broader MarTech vision. Help bridge MarTech and AdTech to create a smarter, more connected marketing platform that allows brands to conduct their advertising and marketing strategies in one place. Perfect for engineers excited by greenfield development, working on highthroughput eventdriven systems, and shaping how marketing technology evolves at StackAdapt. Integrations Solutions (Platform Expansion & Partnerships) Develop specialized integrations that unify the fragmented AdTech ecosystem into a single, powerful StackAdapt platform eliminating the need for advertisers to juggle multiple tools. Collaborate closely with internal product teams and external data partners to deepen product capabilities, unlock new use cases, and drive platform growth. A great fit for engineers who enjoy complex integrations, dataheavy systems, and building scalable solutions that expand market reach. Our Benefits Highly competitive salary Retirement/401K/Pension Savings globally Competitive paid time off packages including birthdays off Access to a comprehensive mental health care program Health benefits from day one of employment Work from home reimbursements Optional 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.) Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning An awesome parental leave program 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 youre 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. 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. We do not use AI to make any final hiring or interview decisions. About StackAdapt We''''ve been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, awardwinning 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 Campaigns 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 CrossChannel Advertising To learn more about our privacy practices, please see our Privacy Policy. #J-18808-Ljbffr