Software Engineer, User Profile

About StackAdapt and the User Profile Team

StackAdapt is a leading AI-driven marketing technology company that enables marketers to precisely reach and engage audiences, driving measurable results across the consumer lifecycle. With its AI-powered platform optimizing hundreds of billions of events per second, StackAdapt integrates brand and performance marketing effectively through programmatic advertising and comprehensive marketing channels.

The User Profile team is responsible for developing and scaling systems that manage user identities, audience segmentation, and profile data supporting StackAdapt's ad platform. Their challenges include creating distributed systems capable of processing high-throughput data with low latency, ensuring robust real-time targeting, bidding, measurement, and marketing workflows.

The team's technology stack features Golang for backend service performance, Kafka for event streaming, Kubernetes for container orchestration, and distributed data stores such as Redis, ScyllaDB, and TiDB for scalable SQL workloads. Their engineers design resilient, high-availability systems delivering billions of events and profile updates with dependable performance and consistency across profile ingestion, segmentation, and service layers foundational to StackAdapt.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop highly scalable, distributed, real-time microservices predominantly in Go.
• Design systems to ingest, process, and manage large-scale user profile and audience data.
• Utilize event-driven programming leveraging messaging platforms like Kafka.
• Work with distributed databases including ScyllaDB, TiDB, and Redis for storage and retrieval.
• Craft performance-optimized, memory-efficient code ensuring low latency and service reliability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams in Product, Machine Learning, Data, and Infrastructure to build core platform features.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum two years of experience as a backend software engineer.
• Advanced problem-solving abilities involving data structures, algorithms, and performance optimizations.
• Background in working with relational and distributed databases or data stores.
• Track record building scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Go, Java, Python, C++, or comparable modern backend programming languages.
• Passion for designing reliable, scalable systems operating at high performance.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive salary package.
• Retirement savings plans including pension and 401K options globally.
• Generous paid time off including birthdays.
• Comprehensive mental health care programs.
• Health benefits starting from day one of employment.
• Reimbursements for work-from-home expenses.
• Optional access to WeWork global memberships for flexible workspace in hubs like London and Toronto.
• Strong onboarding and training programs.
• Support for personal development including conferences, courses, and books.
• Programmatic advertising courses and certifications for continuing education.
• Inclusive parental leave policies.
• Supportive and welcoming company culture.
• Frequent social and team events to foster community.

Additional Information

StackAdapt operates as a Remote First company and hires candidates across Canada for this role. Benefits vary based on location and employment terms, aligned with local laws and policies where no legal entity exists. The company prides itself on inclusion and diversity, encouraging applicants of any background, gender identity, ethnicity, disability status, religion, or other attributes to apply. The recruitment process incorporates AI to assist in resume screening but does not rely on it for final hiring decisions.

Recognition includes awards for workplace excellence and software leadership, highlighting StackAdapt as a top DSP and employer.