Staff II Software Engineer, Data Ingestion

StackAdapt is a Remote First company. We are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada or the United States for this position.Full-TimeStaff

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Extensive experience building distributed systems and high-throughput backend services
Proven ability to lead technical direction and drive large, cross-team initiatives
Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with comfort working in ambiguous, complex domains
Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across teams
Ability to think strategically, lead technically, and drive high-impact, scalable solutions
Hands-on experience with streaming systems (Kafka or similar)
Strong understanding of distributed systems trade-offs (consistency, availability, partition tolerance, scalability)
Maintains an AI-forward approach to software engineering - leveraging AI to boost productivity, collaboration, and business automation
Familiarity with AdTech, event-driven architectures, or analytics systems

Own and lead large technical initiatives end-to-end, from design through production and monitoring
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across the team
Design, build, and operate highly scalable, distributed ingestion services for real-time and near-real-time scenarios
Contribute hands-on as needed while enabling the team to execute effectively
Build and maintain event ingestion pipelines using streaming technologies like Kafka
Work with high-volume storage systems and databases to persist and serve data efficiently
Partner with Data, ML, Product, and Platform teams to support evolving requirements
Improve code quality, testing practices, system reliability, and observability
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions
Balance and prioritize projects to maximize impact and align with company objectives

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