Staff Engineer

The role

You will set technical strategy and drive the technical roadmap across multiple teams. You will lead significant initiatives through direct implementation, technical leadership, and mentorship.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of multiple significant technical initiatives in parallel.
• Provide technical direction that balances short-term delivery against long-term sustainability.
• Own technical debt management.
• Use forums to spread context, enforce industry best practices, and keep teams aligned to the technical roadmap.
• Mentor engineers across the department, including senior engineers.
• Act as a quality gatekeeper through active code review and testing strategy.

Required qualifications

• 9+ years of professional experience with a strong record in software development, testing, software design, and architecture.
• Very deep knowledge of a full production stack: frontend, backend, infrastructure, and data.
• Track record of owning a multi-quarter technical roadmap that spanned more than one team.
• Experience managing technical debt as an explicit program of work.
• Experience designing and operating B2B API integrations.
• Track record of mentoring senior engineers.
• Experience with CI tooling, Docker, and cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience evaluating and rolling out developer tooling, including AI-assisted development tools.
• Deep Python and Django experience building production services.
• A degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Benefits

• Remote-friendly setup
• Home office support
• Annual company retreats

Before you apply

• Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
• All candidates will be required to successfully complete a criminal background check.

About the company

Vantage is a unified platform for retail media orchestration. It is a remote-first team headquartered in Toronto with a global presence in North America and Asia-Pacific.