Backend Software Engineer (AdTech)

TL;DR

Backend Software Engineer (Go): Building highly scalable, distributed real-time micro-services for a programmatic advertising platform with an accent on low-latency performance and large-scale data processing. Focus on optimizing bidding systems, implementing event-driven architectures with Kafka, and integrating diverse data stores.

Location: Remote (Must be located anywhere in Canada)

Company

AI-powered programmatic advertising platform helping brands accelerate customer engagement and acquisition through high-impact campaigns.

What you will do

• Build highly scalable, distributed real-time micro-services primarily written in Go.
• Work with large data sets using Aerospike, Elasticsearch, Redis, ScyllaDB, and Redshift.
• Develop software utilizing messaging queues such as Kafka, SQS, and Kinesis.
• Write performance-efficient and memory-optimized code.
• Contribute to specialized teams focusing on AdTech bidding, MarTech execution, or platform integrations.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer.
• Strong problem-solving skills in data structures, algorithms, and optimization.
• Experience working with relational databases and/or key-value stores.
• Proven experience building scalable micro-services and distributed systems.
• Must be based in Canada.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and retirement/401K/Pension savings.
• Comprehensive health benefits and mental health care program from day one.
• Work-from-home reimbursements and optional global WeWork membership.
• Robust training, onboarding, and support for personal development (conferences, courses, books).
• Generous paid time off including birthdays off and a comprehensive parental leave program.