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Full-Time

Senior Devops Engineer

Posted on 7/29/2024

StackAdapt

StackAdapt

1,001-5,000 employees

Programmatic advertising and digital marketing platform

Consumer Software
Entertainment

Senior, Expert

Remote in Canada

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
DevOps Engineering
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Apache Kafka
AWS
Elasticsearch
Terraform
Redis
Nginx
Development Operations (DevOps)
Requirements
  • At least 5 years of professional work experience in Infrastructure/DevOps/Site Reliability
  • A strong prior working knowledge of AWS technologies
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes containerized services
  • Familiarity with establishing KPIs on critical systems and operations
  • Prior experience managing instrumentation for complex AWS environments at scale
  • Experience with as many of our existing technologies is a large plus:  Terraform, Vault, Nomad, Packer, Vagrant, Boundary, Consul, Waypoint, Redis, Aerospike, Go, ScyllaDB, Elasticsearch, RDS, Grafana, Prometheus, Kafka, Envoy, Nginx
Responsibilities
  • Optimize our AWS infrastructure by implementing best practices and industry standards.
  • Establish tooling and automation processes for infrastructure as code, intrusion and malware detection, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Perform security assessments for new projects, technologies, and services, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure and security guidelines, procedures, and documentation to streamline operations and promote knowledge sharing.
  • Implement and enhance observability solutions, incorporating monitoring, logging, and tracing tools to provide actionable insights and improve overall system performance and reliability.

StackAdapt specializes in programmatic advertising, which uses software to automate the buying of digital ads. The company provides a platform that enables businesses to run display, video, and native advertising campaigns efficiently. Its main product is a Demand Side Platform (DSP) that allows advertisers to purchase digital ad space in real-time, ensuring that ads reach the right audience at the right moment. StackAdapt differentiates itself from competitors by not requiring monthly minimums, giving clients the flexibility to adjust their advertising budgets based on market conditions. The company also offers a Creative Studio to help clients enhance their ad content for better results. Known for its expertise in native advertising, StackAdapt has the largest scale in the industry with numerous integrations and partnerships. The goal of StackAdapt is to empower agencies and brands to maximize their digital advertising efforts through a comprehensive and flexible platform.

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$900K

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2014

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

16%

2 year growth

39%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Recognition as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada highlights StackAdapt's strong company culture and employee satisfaction.
  • Strategic partnerships, such as with Throtle for healthcare audience targeting, demonstrate StackAdapt's ability to deliver highly relevant and timely content.
  • Expansion into Chinese language media buying across APAC opens new markets and growth opportunities for the company.

What critics are saying

  • The highly competitive programmatic advertising market requires continuous innovation to maintain a competitive edge.
  • Rapid expansion and new hires, such as the appointment of a new CMO and VP of Client Services, could lead to integration challenges and strategic misalignments.

What makes StackAdapt unique

  • StackAdapt's no monthly minimums offer unparalleled flexibility for brands and agencies, setting it apart from competitors with rigid pricing models.
  • The company's extensive native advertising integrations and partnerships with 50 supply partners provide unmatched scale and reach in the industry.
  • StackAdapt's Creative Studio offers specialized services to optimize ad content, enhancing campaign performance beyond what standard DSPs offer.

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