About the Team 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. What You''ll Be Doing Lead and collaborate with a team of engineers to design, implement, and optimize our programmatic bidding systems. Apply analytical, datadriven, and statistical methodologies to problem solving. Continuously optimize programmatic performance through experimentation and quantitative analysis. Collaborate with ML engineers to architect and build complex, innovative solutions that push the boundaries of programmatic advertising capabilities, and drive impactful business results. Rigorously optimize largescale distributed systems capable of handling billions of requests per second with mslevel latency, ensuring high throughput and infrastructure performance under demanding workloads. Partner with Product teams to ship innovative features that advance the company''s vision, and drive competitive advantage. Embody team mission. Be adaptable, and ground development efforts in pragmatic, resultsoriented decision making. Foster operational excellence across engineering and backend teams by cultivating a culture of trust, transparency, and technical excellence. Clearly articulate development ideas and hypotheses, openly embrace technical feedback to support collaborative innovation and continuous improvement. What You''ll Bring to the Table 3+ years of experience in AdTech or MarTech, ideally working on highscale or performancecritical systems. Advanced programming expertise in Go (or strong proficiency in comparable languages such as C++, Java, Scala, or Rust). We value engineers who can deliver highperformance applications regardless of language. Experience applying machine learning, mathematics, and numerical methodsincluding deploying largescale models and realtime inference systems in production. (This is an applied engineering role, not researchfocused.) 5+ years of experience in software development, particularly building highthroughput, lowlatency distributed systems and architecting scalable microservices or data pipelines in a fastgrowing tech environment. Handson experience with multiple database systems, with a solid grasp of their tradeoffs and performance considerations. Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms. Uptodate knowledge of modern technologies, tools, and frameworks, with curiosity to continuously learn and evolve. Bonus: Interest or experience in computational graphics, GPU programming, game development, game theory, or financial trading systems. Benefits Highly competitive salary Retirement/401K/Pension Savings globally Competitive paid time off packages including birthday 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! 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. 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: G2 Top Software for 2026 2026 Best Workplaces for Young Talent 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
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Staff/Senior Software Engineer, Programmatic Bidding