Software Engineer Intern @ StackAdapt

StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio, in-game, and digital out-of-home ads. We empower hundreds of digitally-focused companies to deliver outcomes and exceptional campaign performance everyday. StackAdapt was founded with a vision to be more than an advertising platform, it’s a hub of innovation, imagination and creativity.

About StackAdapt:

StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio and in-game ads. We empower hundreds of digitally-focused companies to deliver outcomes and exceptional campaign performance everyday. StackAdapt was founded with a vision to be more than an advertising platform, it’s a hub of innovation, imagination and creativity.

Engineering Team:

As an Engineer at StackAdapt, you will be directly involved in the development of our advertising platform, producing production level code that will have a direct impact on the success of our product. You will work with large data sets and have exposure to modern tech stacks around GoLang and more. StackAdapt’s engineering organization believes in working collaboratively and cross functionally. You will get the opportunity to work in a diverse and flexible culture with dedicated career paths to help you succeed.

About the Backend Team:

The backend teams at StackAdapt are responsible for engineering data intensive large distributed backend systems powering core features including bidding, analytics, inventory, integrations, and user profiling. Our real-time advertising bidding system handles over 3,000,000 requests per second and stores several terabytes of data every day. Our technologies include Go, Ruby on Rails, Aerospike, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RocksDB, Redshift, ScyllaDB, GraphQL and others. We’re not afraid to test and try new technologies.

Watch our talk at Amazon Tech Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqu-a4gPuU

StackAdapt is a Remote First company, we are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada for this position.

What you’ll be doing:

Building highly scalable, distributed real-time micro-services primarily written in Go.
Working with large data sets and various databases including Aerospike, Elasticsearch, Redis, ScyllaDB, Redshift, TiDB, MariaDB.
Build software that utilize messaging queues such as Kafka, SQS, and Kinesis.
Write performance efficient and memory optimized code.

We’ll be reaching out to candidates that have:

Contribute to technical planning and architectural decision-making.
Collaborating with team members on designing complex, scalable, well tested, and well documented Backend software.
Ability to take responsibility and ownership of projects.
Contribute to code reviews and cross-team collaboration with product managers and designers.
Write extensible scalable and test-driven software, either in teams or individually depending on the scope of the project.
Working with a designated mentor throughout the internship for technical and career growth direction.
Having experience with SQL-based databases and writing complex queries for reporting purposes.
Building highly scalable, distributed real-time micro-services primarily written in Go.

StackAdapters Enjoy:

Competitive salary
RRSP matching
3 weeks vacation + 3 personal care days + 1 Culture & Belief day + birthdays off
Access to a comprehensive mental health care platform
Full benefits from day one of employment
Work from home reimbursements
Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office
Robust training and onboarding program
Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, etc)
Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
Mentorship opportunities with industry leaders
An awesome parental leave policy
A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
Our social and team events!

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 you’re 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.

About StackAdapt

We’ve been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. We’ve been awarded:

2023 Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place to Work®

Top 20 on Ad Age’s Best Places to Work 2023

Campaign’s Best Places to Work 2023 for the UK

2023 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work®

#1 DSP on G2 and leader in a number of categories including Cross-Channel Advertising.

G2 Top Software and Top Marketing and Advertising Product for 2023

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