Engineering Manager- API Development

GroundTruth is an advertising platform that turns real-world behavior into marketing that drives in-store visits and other real business results. We use observed real-world consumer behavior, including location and purchase data, to create targeted advertising campaigns across all screens, measure how consumers respond, and uncover unique insights to help optimize ongoing and future marketing efforts. With this focus on media, measurement, and insights, we provide marketers with tools to deliver media campaigns that drive measurable impact, such as in-store visits, sales, and more. Learn more at groundtruth.com. We believe that innovative technology starts with the best talent and have been ranked one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work in 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2025! Learn more about the perks of joining our team here. About Us GroundTruth is looking for an Engineering Manager with strong expertise in designing and building hands-on customer-facing applications to join our Geo team. The Geo Team is responsible for ingesting Geo data. The Geo Team builds and develops APIs, manage POI data and provide processed data to integrate with our Ads Manager, Location Manager and Blueprint Manager platform which feed into how GroundTruth’s advertising creates Real Business Results. As an Engineering Manager on our Geo Team, you will build solutions that add new capabilities to our platform. You will: Coach and mentor engineers—supporting growth in technical skills, ownership, and career progression Partner with stakeholders and engineering leadership to evaluate, plan, and deliver API-first projects across advertising systems, services, and features Drive transparency and alignment through documentation, structured processes, and clear cross-functional communication Strengthen agile practices and continuously improve the team’s delivery predictability and maturity Lead by example: write production-ready backend (and supporting frontend where needed) code, and ship via CI/CD on AWS Support engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, quarterly reviews, recognition, time-off planning, training, and performance management when needed You have: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering (or equivalent practical experience) 8+ years of experience in technology (software development, architecture, or related areas) Strong experience designing and building customer facing applications using Python REST APIs and FastAPI. Hands-on Python experience building services and data pipelines Experience with GIS, POI/Location data ingestion pipeline. Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL, GIS and AWS ‘big data’ technologies. Strong AWS experience: S3, EC2, EMR, ECS, Lambda (and related services) Strong SQL skills for analytics and troubleshooting Contribute ideas to improve the Geo location platform. Experience with Airflow and Git Proven track record of leveraging AI across the engineering process to drive modernization, improve developer effectiveness, and enhance software delivery outcomes. Hands-on familiarity with AI-native engineering tools such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, and comparable platforms, with the ability to scale their use in a pragmatic, secure, and measurable way. How you can impress us: Organized, adaptable, and collaborative—comfortable in a fast-moving environment Curious and driven to learn new technologies and patterns Detail-oriented: catches issues early and course-corrects quickly Strong communicator who aligns business and engineering stakeholders through trade-offs and conflicting needs Deep problem solver who diagnoses root causes and partners across teams to drive durable solutions Comfortable adding structure and consistent engineering processes in a maturing startup culture