Senior Engineering Manager - Smartly - Etätyö - Globaali

We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join Smartly’s Creative Engineering group to lead a team responsible for building and maintaining integrations with multiple advertising platforms. The team plays a key role in enabling Smartly’s creative offering by ensuring our systems connect seamlessly with external partner APIs and services at scale. The team designs, builds, and operates high-scale integration services that are relied on by some of the world’s largest advertisers. These integrations are a critical part of how creatives are delivered, managed, and optimized across channels, making the team’s work central to the overall product experience. The main technologies used by the team include: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes React for selected UI workflows Deep integrations with external advertising platforms and the broader Smartly infrastructure As an Engineering Manager, your role is to ensure the team focuses on the highest priority work with predictable timelines, delivering high quality outcomes with clarity of purpose, while building reliable and scalable systems that our customers can trust. What you’ll do: Lead and facilitate an autonomous Fullstack team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of channel integration, working closely with your product manager counterparts to align priorities and drive impact. Champion team member growth through coaching, regular 1:1s, and clear personal development planning, fostering a culture of technical excellence. Identify blockers and tackle ambitious technical problems to add your mark to our engineering culture. What we’re looking for: You are an experienced people leader with proven ability in building and leading high-performing teams You have experience throughout the full software life-cycle in an environment with high-availability demands and active user-base You have experience in various agile development practices as well as the pragmatism to know which tradeoffs are acceptable and a sharp focus on delivery. You have empathic and user-focused mentality: you care deeply about the product experience, you understand users’ motivations and frustrations, and you genuinely want to help them You are comfortable being hands-on to guide the team on technical decisions, system design and best engineering practices. You have the ability to work from our Helsinki office three days a week What We Offer You At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find: An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged. Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth. Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave. Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities. Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually. Smartly is committed to being a great place for growth-minded individuals to thrive. Explore more in our Culture Handbook! Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly! Curious what it’s like to work at Smartly? Visit our Careers page to see how we grow, collaborate, and make impact together #LI-HYBRIDAbout Smartly Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers. Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it. Visit Smartly to learn more.