Senior Software Engineer - Ads Manager

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 168,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

New hire equity grants

Annual refresh grants

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Ads Manager to help build backend systems for advertising workflows, focusing on campaign management, advertiser activation, and revenue growth.

Remote role for US-based candidates, no visa sponsorship. You will mentor peers, raise code quality, and strengthen team processes in a fast-moving consumer technology environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Backend services and APIs in Ruby on Rails or Go.
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills.
• Experience designing for scale and distributed systems.
• Comfortable with frontend integration.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Clear communicator across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects from design to launch to enhance advertiser activation and revenue.
• Design, build, and operate scalable services and APIs for campaign management.
• Partner with product managers and engineers to clarify ambiguous requirements.
• Define architectural patterns and improve system observability and reliability.
• Mentor junior engineers and elevate code quality through reviews.
• Contribute to recruiting efforts and enhance team processes.

Skills

5+ years experience

Backend services

APIs

Ruby on Rails

Go

SQL

Distributed systems

Debugging

Communication

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Go

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Ads Manager to join the team of a leader in the Consumer Technology space.

This role will focus on building the backend systems that support advertising workflows, with an emphasis on campaign management, advertiser activation, and revenue growth.

You will partner closely with product managers and engineers to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable technical solutions that improve reliability, observability, and developer efficiency.

The position also includes mentoring peers, raising code quality, and helping strengthen team processes in a fast-moving consumer technology environment.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $168,000 – $177,500 annually

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects from design to launch to enhance advertiser activation and revenue
• Design, build, and operate scalable services and APIs for campaign management
• Partner with product managers and engineers to clarify ambiguous requirements
• Define architectural patterns and improve system observability and reliability
• Mentor junior engineers and elevate code quality through reviews
• Contribute to recruiting efforts and enhance team processes

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong experience with backend services and APIs in Ruby on Rails or Go
• Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL, including data modeling
• Experience designing for scale and reliability in distributed systems
• Comfortable integrating with frontend applications
• Self-starter with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams

Benefits

• Remote work flexibility
• Eligibility for new hire equity grants and annual refresh grants
• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.