About this role
Scaling internal platform capabilities for advertising workflows requires dedicated leadership to bridge the gap between feature teams and advanced AI systems. StackAdapt needs an engineering manager to direct the Ivy team in managing API, UI, and knowledge onboarding into their external AI platform, while also owning evaluation pipelines across feature teams.
Candidates will guide full-stack engineers, collaborate closely with product managers, and architect scalable web APIs, component libraries, and backend systems. Professionals who thrive in cross-functional environments, balance technical problem-solving with team mentorship, and bring a solid background in web technologies and applied artificial intelligence will succeed in driving these platform-scale initiatives.
What you will do
- Lead an internal AI platform team managing the onboarding of internal APIs, UI, and knowledge into the external AI platform.
- Collaborate with product managers to understand feature team surface areas and evangelize new primitives and AI user experience patterns.
- Own the evaluation pipeline and platform for all feature teams within the organization.
- Hire, mentor, and cultivate a high-performance team of full-stack engineers following agile best practices.
- Plan and architect scalable web APIs, component libraries, and backend systems while conducting rigorous code reviews.
- Conduct interviews to attract high-performing candidates and balance projects to meet company objectives.
What you need
- Bring at least 2 years of engineering management experience leading full-stack teams.
- Demonstrate a proven track record of delivering results and leading high-impact teams.
- Possess at least 6 years of software development experience in web technologies and system architecture at a high-growth technology company.
- Demonstrate in-depth experience with TypeScript, Python, and AI-native engineering principles.
- Show familiarity with React.js and large language models, along with computer science fundamentals in data structures and cloud computing.
Nice to have
- Prior experience building platform-scale teams
- Experience building AI platforms
- Experience building LLM eval pipelines
- Harness engineering experience
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary
- Retirement, 401K, and pension savings globally
- Competitive paid time off packages including birthdays off
- Access to a comprehensive mental health care program
- Health benefits from day one of employment
- Work from home reimbursements
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
What is the remote policy for this position?
StackAdapt is a remote-first company and is open to candidates located anywhere in North America for this position.
What is the compensation range for this role?
The Canada base salary band is $228,000 to $313,500 CAD, while the USA base salary band is $208,000 to $286,000 USD, representing base salary only.
What technology and systems will this person work with?
The Ivy team works at the intersection of applied AI, user experience, and large-scale advertising technology platforms using modern tech stacks such as GoLang, Ruby, React, GraphQL, TypeScript, and Python.
How does the company handle candidate resume reviews?
StackAdapt uses artificial intelligence to streamline the resume reviews of candidates and assess their fit based on the criteria outlined in the job posting, though AI is not used to make final hiring decisions.