Principal Engineer, Ads Architecture

Overview:

As an Architect, working with and across Weedmaps Business Units, you will be empowered to contribute to our products, direction, and outcomes in meaningful ways. We cover an array of users from growers to dispensaries to consumers and we constantly strive to improve the experience for each using cutting edge design and implementation practices. As the leading player in this emerging industry, we have an opportunity to help define the market landscape and we invite you to help us champion that effort.

The Ads team is fundamental to improving our revenue through improvements to our new and existing performance based ads solutions.You will be working closely with cross-functional partners in Revenue, Design, Marketing, Legal, Data Engineering, and Data Analytics to help pioneer Ad products at Weedmaps.

The impact you'll make:

• Take ownership of the Ads Platform Architecture, leading and guiding its direction 
• Be the trusted architectural subject matter expert of the Ads Platform
• Manage the backlog and champion the technical tradeoffs and enablers that support the product roadmap
• Work cross functionally with partners in Product, Design, Revenue, Engineering, Quality, and Program Management to drive the future vision of the Business Unit and prioritize the technical needs and enables along with the Business asks
• Drive direction and give visibility into the Technical Implementation of the Ads Platform from a tactical to strategic level
• Drive technical discussion with the squads to come to consensus on the correct iterative approach to improve the system in line with the product vision
• Own the technical maturity of the Business Unit and ensure appropriate investment into non-functional requirements iteratively (i.e. monitoring, alerting, telemetry, build/release pipeline, performance, etc).
• Manage a backlog of Technical Debt; work with Product to prioritize and champion technical requirements against the product vision.
• Work cross Weedmaps Business Units and with 3rd party vendors as a subject matter expert in the Ads Platform integration points
• Own technical assessment and evaluations of 3rd party solutions and provide recommendations based on the technical, business and product needs as they associate to the cost
• Being in an on-call rotation with other engineers in the Business Unit to triage and solve LiveOps Emergencies

• Provide guidance, mentorship and technical expertise to development leads across multiple squads.
• Help leverage and align engineering leaders to build a community where they can share ideas, leverage existing technologies and solutions to maximize the business value and adopt cutting-edge technologies.
• Effectively articulate how the team can realize business value through technology.
• Serve as the hands-on process owner to translate enterprise vision into enabling architectural roadmaps and communicate architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies to gain organizational commitment
• Assess technical project risks and defines risk mitigation strategies and approaches with the project leadership team
• Analyze and provide feedback on product strategy
• Ensure that we are continuously raising our standard of engineering excellence
• Drive through ambiguity and help create clarity for engineers 

What you've accomplished:

• Track record of building and scaling Ad platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate, statistically analyze data, and effectively report problems through written and/or graphical formats.
• Effective communication skills, a positive attitude, and ability to give and receive constructive feedback in an agile environment
• Fluency using Git in a team environment
• 8+ years of Software Development Leadership role in a Startup and/or Mid-sized company
• 3+ years of Architect or equivalent technical leadership experience
• Prior Ad Tech and/or Business experience

Our Benefits:

• 100% paid employee monthly Medical, Dental and Vision premiums AND 80% paid dependent monthly premiums
  • HMO (California residents only) and PPO option offered through United Healthcare
• Company-paid $50,000 in Basic Life/AD&D (Accidental Death and Dismemberment) coverage
• 401(k) Retirement Plan: 100% match on the first 1%. 50% match from 2-6% of employee contributions
• 3 weeks PTO (accrued) and 5 sick days (immediate)
• Supplemental, voluntary benefits
  • Kindbody (family planning/fertility) including up to $10,000 towards cash-pay services
  • Goodly (Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings) including a company contribution of up to $1,000/year 
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
  • Voluntary Life Insurance
  • Critical Illness
  • Accident Insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Pet Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• During current work-from-home:
  •  Reimbursements for home office setup and monthly WiFi

Our Culture:

• 11 company-paid holidays
• Catered lunch and snacks provided while working in the office
  • Snack boxes sent straight to your door during work-from-home
• Casual work environment, read no fancy clothes required, but you are free to dress to the nines!
• Monthly virtual happy hours
• Quarterly all-hands meetings

Weedmaps is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We are looking for the smartest and most passionate people who want to join our team and develop the services, systems, and marketplaces that will serve the marijuana industry in the decades to come. Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

About Weedmaps:

Founded in 2008, Weedmaps is a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry. Our suite of cloud-based software and data solutions includes point of sale, logistics and ordering solutions that enable customers to scale their businesses while complying with the complex and disparate regulations applicable to the cannabis industry. In addition, our platform provides consumers with information regarding cannabis products across web and mobile platforms, including listing local retailers and brands, facilitating product discovery and allowing consumers to educate themselves on cannabis and its history, uses and legal status. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Weedmaps employs more than 400 professionals around the world, with offices including Barcelona, Denver, and Toronto.

So what are you waiting for? Join the Weedmaps family!