Engineering Manager, Topsort
More information about location
3-4 days a week in office
Infrastructure & tools for monetization
Open for applications
Infrastructure & tools for monetization
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3-4 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To democratize modern advertising technologies.
Role
Who you are
- If you are looking for a fast-paced environment where you will learn a ton, will be surrounded by great peers, and will be a fundamental part of a fast growing startup, look no further
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering with 3+ years in a managerial role
- Strong background in building and scaling distributed systems
- Deep expertise in Go, Python, and Rust
- Proven leadership and project management skills
- Experience with cloud services (AWS/GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Preferred experience: Experience in auction or ad tech platforms. Strong understanding of API development and microservices architecture
What the job involves
- You will be one of the first 80 employees, so it is important that you are ambitious, have leadership skills, can act hands-on, and are not afraid of new challenges
- We build in the open, collaborate frequently, and hold each other accountable
- Lead the development and maintenance of core platform components, including the Auction Engine, Information Retrieval, and APIs
- Manage a team of backend engineers working with Go, Python, and Rust
- Drive technical strategy and innovation for the platform
- Great opportunity to experience early stage startup life at a seed stage startup that’s scaling quickly
- Day-to-day interactions with kind, smart peers
- Deep experience building and scaling go to market efforts
- Career support - our team cares deeply about helping you leverage this opportunity for what’s next. We’ll have regular career check-ins to ensure you’re also getting the most out of this
- Introductions to our collective network of founders, investors, mentors, and more if useful
Our take
With the likes of Meta, Amazon, and Google hosting the majority of ad campaigns, contemporary strategies can become overcomplicated and lacking in owner control. Topsort has created a simple and customisable API through which users can create advertising elements like sponsored listings, banner and video ads, and control how they’re shown to potential customers.
Where the platform stands out is in its transparency and privacy-first approach - delivering a direct replacement of the “cookie” system usually used in sponsored ads. Topsort’s “clean room” is an encrypted technology that has zero-visibility into privacy data, ensuring anonymity for those being analysed.
This exciting new approach to media marketing analysis and campaign planning has turned investors' heads, at a time when data privacy is a hot topic. Topsort has enjoyed an impressive Series A of $20 million, which will be used to scale and accelerate its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2024
$20m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$8m
SEED
Total funding: $28m
Company benefits
- Remote-working options with coworking memberships and (at least) once a year in person offsite gathering
- You’ll be welcomed by coworkers in 11 countries that all bring a unique perspective to the company from day 1
- Management training program, career talks and mentorships
- Candid feedback - we push each other to set higher goals and produce more impact by always thinking “how do we do this faster and better”
- Employee Stock Option Plan
- 401k, dental, medical and vision insurance
Company values
- Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment
- We thrive on working together, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency
- We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100mph pace
- No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Regina Ye
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Product Lead at Hopin, and Founder at ZIRUI Inc.
Michael Ostrovsky
(Co-Founder)Currently Professor of economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Previously an Advisor at Pinterest and Linkedin, and was a Visiting Scientist at Google.
Francisco Larrain
(Co-Founder & CTO)Currently Board Member at Maxxa. Previously worked in Local Engineering at Groupon, and was Founder and CEO of Zappedy.
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