Director of Engineering, Advertising Technology - Jobs in White Rock, British Columbia

Job Description

MonetizeMore builds industry-leading ad technology that is seen by more than 500M people per month.The company has been running for 13 years achieving consistent double-digit growth each year with a team of 180+ team members spread across the globe.We are currently seeking to hire an experienced Director of Engineering, Advertising Technology to join our Product Team.Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Define and drive the engineering strategy for advertising technology platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals, product priorities, and revenue growth.
• Lead architecture and technical direction across core components including ad serving systems, real time bidding (RTB), programmatic pipelines, and audience data platforms.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to enhance scale, reduce latency, and optimize performance across the advertising stack.
• Manage, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams including managers and senior developers while fostering a high performance, inclusive, and feedback driven culture.
• Define and lead the engineering hiring strategy by designing effective, scalable interview processes, partnering with People/HR on headcount planning, and optimizing for value to cost talent acquisition.
• Establish clear KPIs to measure engineering quality, team health, and delivery effectiveness across projects and squads.
• Own the end to end execution of complex engineering initiatives, from planning and prioritization through to delivery, ensuring timelines and technical quality are met.
• Partner cross functionally with Product, Data Science, Sales, and Analytics to translate business needs into scalable advertising tools and user facing features.
• Act as a senior stakeholder in quarterly and annual planning, balancing rapid product iteration with long term architectural health and technical sustainability.
• Own the technical strategy and delivery of ad decisioning engines, auction logic, targeting systems, and campaign delivery infrastructure.
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and low latency architecture for mission critical advertising services operating at web scale.
• Drive modernization efforts through adoption of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), microservices, and cloud native platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP).
• Oversee the design and operation of data pipelines powering audience segmentation, measurement, attribution, and reporting.
• Ensure all engineering practices and systems meet global privacy standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and internal security and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, and Compliance stakeholders to stay ahead of changing regulatory landscapes in advertising technology.
• Manage the engineering budget across staffing, infrastructure, and vendor services, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and investment in key capabilities.
• Evaluate and negotiate with external vendors across ad tech tooling, data enrichment, measurement, fraud detection, and infrastructure services.
• Stay ahead of trends in advertising technology including first party data strategies, privacy first targeting, and ML optimization and drive internal innovation accordingly.
• Represent engineering leadership in executive forums, cross functional planning, industry events, and technical community engagements.

Skills RequirementsEducation Requirements: Must have at least a 2-year post-secondary credential in software engineering, computer science, technology or a related field.Work Experience Requirement: Must have at least 7 years of verifiable work experience in software or web development, including at least 3 years in a senior engineering management or technical leadership role; Must have prior experience overseeing the design and operation of high-scale advertising technology platforms.Skills Requirements:

• Demonstrated work history and technical expertise in managing engineering teams working with modern JavaScript (Node.js, React), Python, or JVM-based technologies
• Demonstrated work experience architecting and scaling distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS or GCP
• Demonstrated technical knowledge of advertising technology platforms including ad serving, programmatic bidding, data pipelines, or user targeting
• Demonstrated expertise with containerization (Docker), orchestration tools (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated understanding of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and how they apply to advertising systems
• Demonstrated work history in mentoring engineers and growing high-performing technical teams

As part of the screening process, candidates will be asked to participate in an online programming assessment through TestDome to demonstrate specific technical competency in relevant areas.Job Details:Job Title: Director of Engineering, Advertising TechnologyNOC Code: 20012Terms of Employment: Full-Time, PermanentSalary: $142,000 CAD/annum ($68.27/hourly equivalent)Hours Per Week: 40 hours per weekBenefits Package:

• 2 weeks Paid Vacation per year
• Health and Dental Benefits available after 90 days employment
• Eligible to participate in Company Profit Sharing Bonus Program

Language of Work: EnglishLegal Business Name: eSell Solutions Ltd. DBA MonetizeMoreBusiness Address: 101 – 15317 Thrift Avenue, White Rock, BC, Canada V4B 2L4Location of Work: Lower Mainland, British Columbia with Remote Work AvailableContact Information:Telephone Number: (323) 315-0011Email Address: hr.monetizemore@gmail.comMailing Address: 101 – 15317 Thrift Avenue, White Rock, BC, Canada V4B 2L4Powered by JazzHR