Senior Software Engineer – Ads Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Lead projects from inception to completion, enhancing advertiser engagement, platform performance, and advertising revenue growth.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, thoroughly tested services and APIs that facilitate campaign management and reporting.

• Provide frontend integration support as needed.

• Collaborate with product managers and engineers across Ads Manager and other teams to transform vague requirements into detailed plans.

• Establish architectural standards and create and review system design documentation.

• Enhance system observability and reliability.

• Guide junior engineers and elevate code quality through thorough code reviews.

• Participate in recruitment efforts and refine team processes.

• Oversee projects such as ads web observability, North Star metrics, and automated AI evaluations for ad formats.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in software engineering.

• Extensive experience in building and managing backend services and APIs using Ruby on Rails, Go, or a contemporary web framework.

• Strong grasp of relational databases and SQL, including data modeling and optimizing query performance.

• Experience in designing systems that are scalable, reliable, and maintainable in distributed environments.

• Proficient in working across the entire tech stack, including frontend application integration.

• Self-motivated and proactive, capable of removing obstacles and advancing work independently.

• Excellent analytical and debugging skills, with a sense of ownership for production systems.

• Effective communication and collaboration with engineers, designers, and product managers across various teams.

• Eligible locations are restricted to Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.

• Preferred: experience in digital advertising or self-serve platforms.

• Preferred: experience with public or partner-facing REST or GraphQL API design and versioning.

• Preferred: familiarity with asynchronous processing and messaging systems like Kafka or Sidekiq.

• Preferred: knowledge of AWS, Terraform, Datadog, or similar cloud infrastructure and tools.

• Preferred: experience with React or TypeScript.

• Preferred: experience integrating machine learning or AI features into products.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity grant for new hires.

• Annual refresh grants.

• Flexible work location options: home, office, or café.

• Regular in-person events.

• Compensation and benefits that are competitive within the market.