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GameChangerStaff Software Engineer, Ads
GameChanger is seeking a remote Staff Software Engineer, Ads to spearhead technical strategy and architecture for its advertising platform. The company builds community-focused youth sports technology…
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GameChanger is seeking a remote Staff Software Engineer, Ads to spearhead technical strategy and architecture for its advertising platform. The company builds community-focused youth sports technology that connects families, coaches, and volunteers around live sporting events. In this role, you will lead the evolution of current advertising capabilities while preparing for advanced video and server-side features. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Data, and Engineering to…
Job Description
GameChanger is seeking a remote Staff Software Engineer, Ads to spearhead technical strategy and architecture for its advertising platform. The company builds community-focused youth sports technology that connects families, coaches, and volunteers around live sporting events. In this role, you will lead the evolution of current advertising capabilities while preparing for advanced video and server-side features. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Data, and Engineering to scale reliable monetization systems. This position suits an experienced technical leader who enjoys driving long-term architecture while remaining hands-on with complex systems and mentoring engineering talent.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical strategy for the advertising platform architecture
- Provide technical leadership for current and future features including video ads, SSAI, CTV, and programmatic advertising
- Partner with leadership to identify technical investments and revenue opportunities
- Lead system design and architecture for cross-functional initiatives spanning video, backend, and data systems
- Evaluate architectural approaches and third-party ad tech for scalability and reliability
- Improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability across ad integrations
- Establish patterns and abstractions to simplify team experimentation and building
- Collaborate across video, client, platform, data, and monetization teams
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
- Build and maintain technical documentation, architectural plans, and roadmaps
- Participate in an occasional on-call rotation
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Demonstrated technical leadership on complex or large-scale systems
- Experience designing and evolving distributed, high-scale production systems
- Professional experience architecting and delivering advertising technology systems or integrations
- Strong foundation in backend engineering and experience supporting video advertising
- Experience with ad serving, video ad delivery, SSAI/CSAI, VAST, programmatic advertising, or header bidding
- Experience leading architecture and technical strategy across multiple engineers or teams
- Strong understanding of API design, distributed systems, reliability, observability, and system performance
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical decisions beyond immediate projects
Qualifications
- Experience with live or streaming video systems
- Experience with connected TV advertising or server-side ad insertion
- Experience with Google Ad Manager or similar ad-serving platforms
- Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, Redis, and PostgreSQL
Core Skills
Benefits
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Paid volunteer opportunities
- Technology stipend of $4000 every 2 years
- Annual work-from-home stipend of $500
- Monthly physical, mental, wellness, and learning stipend
- Monthly lifestyle stipend
- Full health benefits covering medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and dependents
- Traditional and Roth 401K plans through Vanguard with an immediate company match
- Life insurance including basic, supplemental, and dependent coverage
- Short-term and long-term disability leave
- Company paid parental leave of up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Family building benefits through Progyny
- Teammate discount for DICK’S Sporting Goods and its family of brands
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this position remote?
Yes, this role is remote-first and allows you to work remotely throughout the United States, except in the states of AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC due to state tax compliance guidelines. You may also work from the office in Manhattan, New York.
What is the salary range for the Staff Software Engineer, Ads role?
The target salary range is between $165,000 and $185,000, which is part of a total compensation package including incentives, equity, and benefits.
What employment type is this?
The posting specifies that this is a full-time position.
What are the core technical expectations for candidates?
Candidates must have at least 8 years of professional software development experience, proven technical leadership on large-scale systems, and professional experience architecting ad technology systems with a strong backend and video advertising foundation.
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