Engineering Manager I

About the Team:

 What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead a team of backend engineers who own the creative pipeline, supporting their day-to-day execution and removing blockers so the team ships reliably.


• Execute 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.


• Run the team's agile rituals (stand-ups, planning, retros) and continuously monitor sprint health — velocity, workload balance — to prevent burnout and keep commitments realistic.


• Conduct 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.


• Stay 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.


• Coordinate with peer teams (Bidding, Data Science, Product) on immediate cross-team dependencies affecting creative serving and selection.


• Participate in incident resolution and support the team's on-call rotation; ensure production issues are followed through to root cause.


• Participate in interviews and provide hiring feedback; help onboard new team members smoothly.


• Encourage adoption of approved AI tooling (code generation, debugging, documentation) to raise team velocity.


• Model StackAdapt's values in daily work and foster a culture of trust, transparency, and technical excellence.

What You'll Bring to the Table

• Experience 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.


• Experience with Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO), and ad markup and rendering.


• 1+ 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.


• 5+ years of backend development experience in distributed systems, microservices, and high-throughput, low-latency services.


• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Golang preferred; Java, Kotlin, C++, Rust, or similar).


• A hands-on leadership style — comfortable reviewing code, debating architecture, and diving into production incidents alongside the team.


• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.


• Working knowledge of modern development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and a track record of delivering on committed milestones.


• Clear, transparent communication with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders (Product, Project Management).


• Hands-on experience with our stack.

Nice to Have: 

• Frontend development experience, understanding of web technologies and how creatives are served and rendered in the browser, and frontend device.


• Experience operating systems under global compliance and privacy frameworks.

StackAdapter's Enjoy:

• Highly competitive salary


• Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally


• Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday's 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!

Please 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.