About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Software Engineer II, Marketing Enablement & Technology based in Canada.
This senior engineering role sits at the intersection of software engineering, marketing technology, product, and data.
Responsibilities
- Drive the technical roadmap for the Paid Marketing Technology team, balancing near-term delivery with longer-term investments in scalable, reusable systems.
- Own key architectural decisions and establish patterns, abstractions, and technical foundations that can support evolving marketing needs.
- Design and implement high-throughput systems with strong observability, resilience, security, and cost-efficiency considerations.
- Improve engineering productivity by developing tools, processes, frameworks, and abstractions that increase team efficiency and code quality.
- Lead strategic, cross-team engineering initiatives and represent engineering in discussions with senior Product and Marketing stakeholders.
- Identify technical opportunities that can influence product strategy, roadmap priorities, and the effectiveness of marketing technology.
- Champion practices such as advanced observability, chaos engineering, disaster recovery, security by design, and proactive cost optimization.
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance, architectural reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing, including supporting engineers up to the L5 level.
- Establish and improve coding standards, architectural patterns, technical review processes, and other practices that raise the overall engineering bar.
- Help resolve organizational and technical dependencies that could block execution across teams.
- Contribute technical leadership during high-priority incidents or initiatives, including projects outside your immediate area of expertise.
- Collaborate with external or adjacent engineering teams on cross-pillar technical partnerships and integrations.
- Help establish effective infrastructure, tooling, and best practices for AI-assisted software development while maintaining strong engineering judgment and quality standards.
Requirements
- 8–12 years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of technical roadmaps and architecture-level decisions.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python, including the ability to design reusable abstractions, frameworks, and patterns adopted across multiple projects.
- Deep experience building scalable, high-throughput systems with strong observability, reliability, security, and cost-efficiency practices.
- Proven ability to partner with senior Product and Marketing stakeholders and influence product strategy through technically informed recommendations.
- Strong track record of improving engineering productivity through process improvements, developer tooling, technical standards, and mentorship.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills, with the ability to navigate complex organizational dependencies and drive cross-functional execution.
- Experience with marketing technology or ad-tech ecosystems is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy systems and managing technical debt strategically at the team level is a plus.
- Experience establishing coding standards, architectural patterns, and technical review processes that improve engineering quality.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development practices and experience establishing tooling or workflows for engineering teams is advantageous.
- Ability to remain pragmatic, adaptable, and effective during complex technical challenges or high-priority incidents.
- Experience collaborating across organizational boundaries and serving as a technical point of contact for broader engineering partnerships is a plus.
Conditions
- Competitive Canadian base salary of CAD $196,000–$207,000, depending on permanent work location, experience, skills, and other factors.
- New-hire equity grant and eligibility for annual equity refresh grants.
- Flexible remote-first work model, allowing employees to choose where they work while maintaining meaningful opportunities for in-person connection.
- Remote eligibility currently available in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits tailored to the employee's location.
- Opportunities for technical leadership, mentorship, and cross-functional career growth.
- An inclusive and collaborative environment that values diverse perspectives and experiences.
- Opportunities to work on technology supporting major marketing and growth initiatives.
- Flexible working practices designed to support productivity, autonomy, and community connection.