Engineering Manager - Discovery Ads Platform

You’ll be joining a fast-moving team dedicated to building an ads platform that serves 110M+ Daily Active Users (DAU), powering the next generation of mobile app discovery for potentially billions of devices worldwide. We’re looking for someone who's excited to work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Data Scientists to address complex challenges of acquiring, understanding, and ranking content—and now, delivering highly performant, scalable ads at massive scale. Working with our team means you’ll get the opportunity to learn and grow daily, interfacing with both technical and non-technical team members, and collaborating with external partners.

Join our team and see your contributions have an immediate impact on not just the company, but the mobile ecosystem as a whole!

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll get to:

• Own the development of a high-scale ads platform serving 110M+ DAU, leading critical initiatives to ensure reliable and scalable ad delivery.
• Support and mentor a diverse group of engineers, helping them grow as technologists and leaders.
• Be responsible for continuously improving your team’s productivity and ensuring the success of our ads platform in a fast-paced environment.
• Manage and prioritize new feature development, ongoing support, and technical debt for large-scale ad serving systems.
• Guide your team through in-depth technical planning discussions with engineers, product, and design; empower them to make effective decisions on ads platform architecture and implementation.
• Remove roadblocks for your team, escalating when you need additional context or direction.
• Promote a culture of feedback and transparent communication, ensuring your team remains tightly aligned with Branch’s goals.
• Establish measurable goals for your team’s productivity, including metrics that measure ads platform health (latency, uptime, fill rate, revenue, etc.).
• Coordinate with other engineering managers and directors across the organization to architect and implement complex systems that integrate with the entire Branch product suite.
• Champion best practices for performance, reliability, and security of the ads platform, ensuring we can handle real-time traffic spikes.

You’ll be a good fit if you have:

• 5+ years of experience in Engineering with 2+ years of experience as an engineering manager or technical lead who has coached and mentored other engineers.
• A track record of building and scaling products in fast-paced environments, ideally with a focus on ads or similar high-traffic platforms.
• Proficiency in Java, with the willingness to dive into any language or technology as needed.
• Familiarity with large-scale ads platforms (e.g., building and optimizing real-time bidding systems, integrating with major ad networks, or leveraging third-party ads APIs).
• A strong ability to follow through, stay organized, and juggle multiple tasks without losing track of anything. You have a keen sense of prioritization, and can align day-to-day tasks with larger strategic initiatives.
• A self-starter mindset: ownership, accountability, initiative, and urgency
• Excellent communication skills, both within and outside of the team. 
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment by bringing order to chaos & identifying / solving emergent issues proactively.

For this role, we're looking for candidates in the Denver metropolitan area for a remote position. We plan to grow our team and presence in Denver over time. This role does not qualify for relocation or visa sponsorship. Applications for this position will be open until Friday, January 31st. 

In accordance with applicable law, the following represents a reasonable estimated compensation range for this role: the estimated pay range for this role, if based in Colorado is $169,000 to $216,000.

Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Colorado only. Compensation for candidates outside of Colorado will be based on the candidate’s specific work location. 

Actual compensation will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location and may be more or less than the amount shown above.