- Company Name
- JointCommerce
- Job Title
- Vice President Of Ad Technology
- Job Description
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**Job title:** Vice President of Ad Technology
**Role Summary:**
Senior technology leader responsible for designing, building, and scaling the core platform of a programmatic advertising and cannabis shopper platform. Acts as the primary technical architect, senior engineer, and engineering manager, driving end‑to‑end system ownership and directly influencing enterprise integrations, attribution, and data products.
**Expectations:**
- Own the full technical stack, ensuring high availability, scalability, and defensibility at national scale.
- Balance deep hands‑on engineering with executive leadership and team mentorship.
- Deliver production systems that meet A21+ advertising standards, state‑by‑state cannabis regulations, and privacy/security requirements.
- Translate data insights into billable value and support enterprise sales initiatives.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Design and implement core backend services, data pipelines, APIs, and infrastructure.
- Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices.
- Own programmatic advertising infrastructure (CTV, display, video), attribution engines, zero‑party data capture, and identity resolution workflows.
- Build high‑throughput, low‑latency APIs and partner integrations, making pragmatic build‑vs‑buy decisions.
- Lead, mentor, and scale a small engineering team; set priorities and unblock engineers.
- Own end‑to‑end data architecture: event ingestion, identity resolution, campaign performance reporting, and retailer/brand/product attribution.
- Manage cloud infrastructure (Heroku, AWS, GCP, Azure), CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and cost controls.
- Ensure compliance with A21+ standards, cannabis regulations, privacy laws, and data security.
- Partner with Product, Revenue, and Operations on roadmap alignment and revenue impact.
- Serve as technical advisor in enterprise sales, integrations, and executive strategy discussions.
**Required Skills:**
- 10+ years of engineering experience with significant hands‑on delivery.
- Prior senior engineering or early‑stage CTO experience.
- Proven design and scaling of adtech, martech, data platforms, or marketplaces.
- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (Heroku, AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Expertise in API‑first, event‑driven architectures and data pipelines.
- Strong understanding of attribution systems, programmatic advertising, and identity resolution.
- Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs to non‑technical stakeholders.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect) are preferred.
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Costa mesa, United states
Remote
Senior
31-12-2025