Engineering Manager Backend Systems
Engineering Manager Backend Systems
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Job Description
We shaped the earliest forms of ad tech and were looking for the technical expertise to help shape its future. Our customers have unique problems that can only be solved at internet scale and thats where the technical skills of our team make a real difference.
Our exchange handles over 500 billion requests every day (for comparison Google serves an estimated 9 billion searches a day) all running in our own global data centers. Every member of our technology team has an enormous amount of autonomy in building and managing our systems to support and enable our growing level of scale. Through the transparency of our technology dedication to innovation and integrity and longstanding customer relationships we lead through change.
Whats it like to work at Index
We have more than 550 Indexers around the globe dedicated to building a safe and transparent marketplace that provides a trusted experience for consumers.
Index is an exciting and fastpaced place to work. Were built on our values of change support learning and teaching trust and intention. We pride ourselves on our independence and openness not only in our technology but in our teams too. Our diverse and inclusive culture celebrates how we can leverage our unique differences to help drive Index forward.
Our culture of success is truly supportive and collaborative. In working together across our teams were continually investing in the people and technology to solve the industrys most complex problems. As we extend the promise of ad tech to every channel were looking for talented engineers to help advance Index and the industry forward.
Are you ready to join the programmatic evolution
Index Exchange funds the open web. Content and journalism across the internet are funded through advertising and we are the engine that helps to make that happen transparently safely and efficiently. Handling hundreds of billions of auctions per day within milliseconds requires an intense understanding of the exchange and the ecosystem that we live in.
Our business is growing significantly every year and is poised to grow even faster. Our people and our platforms are the foundation and enabler of that growth. We are significantly expanding our technology teams and are looking for technologists with a passion for high performance software development and a drive to deliver software products and platforms that enable and empower industries at a global scale.
About The Role
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Lead Manager with a strong background to lead and develop a highperformance team of engineers. The ideal candidate is an experienced developer who is eager to demonstrate leadership and technical acumen by offering guidance mentorship and direction to our teams. For over 20 years IX has been known as the change agents of digital advertising innovators who help shape how our industry reacts to new challenges and shifts in the market. As a result weve been able to partner with some of the most prominent players in the media industry including Hearst Disney and Meredith Corporation among many others.
Heres What Youll be Doing
- Team Leadership: Build and lead a worldclass team fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and accountability. Provide mentorship guidance and professional development opportunities to team members.
- Technical Expertise: Possess a deep understanding withing agile environments with a focus on working collaboratively with product marketing and sales
- Software Engineering Skills: Collaborate with software engineering teams to implement best practices in the software development life cycle including designing scalable and resilient systems.
- Reporting and Metrics: Develop and maintain meaningful performance metrics and reporting mechanisms to track the health and reliability of our systems. Use datadriven insights to guide decisionmaking and triaging.
- Project Management: Act as a technical leader on projects architecting the design of projects to meet the needs of the business outcome and to align with existing architectural vision. Collaborate with subject matter experts and with a network of peers to ensure ontime quality delivery.
Heres What You Need
- Strong software engineering skills including proficiency in programming languages such as Golang Java C#
- Demonstrable expertise in complex backend systems. Experience in designing developing and testing high quality services
- Exceptional leadership and teambuilding skills with a track record of developing highperforming teams with at least 2 years of experience in that role.
- Excellent problemsolving skills the ability to think differently and an understanding that compromise negotiation and practicality are important qualities
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with crossfunctional teams.
Why Youll Love Working Here:
- Comprehensive health dental and vision plans for you and your dependents
- Paid time off health days and personal obligation days plus flexible work schedules
- Competitive retirement matching plans
- Equity packages
- Generous parental leave available to birthing nonbirthing and adoptive parents
- Annual wellbeing allowance plus fitness discounts and group wellness activities
- Commuter benefits and discounts where available
- Employee assistance program
- Mental health first aid program that provides an inthemoment point of contact and reassurance
- One day of volunteer time off per year and a donationmatching program
- Biweekly town halls and regular communityled team events
- Multiple resources and programming to support continuous learning
- A workplace that supports a diverse equitable and inclusive environment learn more here
Equal employment opportunity
At Index Exchange we believe that successful products are built by teams just as diverse as the audience who uses them. As such we are committed to equal employment opportunities. We celebrate diversity of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or expression or veteran status. Additionally we realize that diversity is deeper than any status or classificationdiversity is the human experience. For those who show grit passion and humilityIndex will welcome you.
Accessibility for applicants with disabilities
Index Exchange welcomes and encourages individuals with disabilities to apply to work with us.
If you require an accommodation pleasesharethe details of your request and any information how we can assist you with thehiring recruiter when they contact you. Index Exchange will make reasonable efforts toensure accommodation requests are metthroughoutthe recruitment process.
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Our corporate headquarters are in Toronto with major offices in New York Montreal Kitchener London San Francisco and many other global cities. As a major global advertising exchange we are committed to operating as a tightly knit global team and embracing and empowering talent wherever our colleagues may be.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
