Software Engineer, Backend

Overview

Stack Adapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI‑powered Stack Adapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey.

• Building highly scalable, distributed real‑time micro‑services primarily written in Go.
• Working with large data sets and various databases including Aerospike, Elasticsearch, Redis, Scylla
  
  DB, Redshift, TiDB, and Maria
  
  DB.
• Building software that utilizes messaging queues such as Kafka, SQS, and Kinesis.
• Writing performance‑efficient and memory‑optimized code.

• 2+ years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer.
• Very strong problem‑solving skills in data structures, algorithms, and optimization.
• Experience working with relational databases and/or key‑value stores.
• Experience building scalable micro‑services and distributed systems.

• Build and optimize the real‑time microservices that automatically purchase ad inventory across web, mobile, CTV, and more.
• Work on low‑level performance optimizations, high‑throughput systems, campaign pacing algorithms, and ML model integrations that directly impact how millions of dollars are spent efficiently every day.
• Ideal for engineers with hands‑on Ad Tech experience, especially with bidders, open exchanges, and bid streams, who thrive in high‑scale, low‑latency environments.

• Join a backend team building the foundation for marketing tech – Email, Direct Mail, and SMS marketing – as part of Stack Adapt’s broader Mar Tech vision.
• Help bridge Mar Tech and AdTech to create a smarter, more connected marketing platform that allows brands to conduct their advertising and marketing strategies in one place.
• Perfect for engineers excited by greenfield development, working on high‑throughput event‑driven systems, and shaping how marketing technology evolves at Stack Adapt.

• Develop specialized integrations that unify the fragmented AdTech ecosystem into a single, powerful Stack Adapt platform – eliminating the need for advertisers to juggle multiple tools.
• Collaborate closely with internal product teams and external data partners to deepen product capabilities, unlock new use cases, and drive platform growth.
• Great fit for engineers who enjoy complex integrations, data‑heavy systems, and building scalable solutions that expand market reach.

• Highly competitive salary.
• Retirement/401K/Pension savings globally.
• Competitive paid time off packages.
• Access to a comprehensive mental health care program.
• Health benefits from day one of employment.
• Work‑from‑home reimbursements.
• Optional global WeWork membership.
• Robust training and onboarding program.
• Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books).
• Access to Stack Adapt programmatic courses and certifications.
• Parental leave program.
• Friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture.
• Social and team events.

Stack Adapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, you are welcome  you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know.

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