Senior Director, Software Engineering (35_2026.1)

Affinity Solutions (Affinity) is the leading consumer purchase insights company. We provide a complete view of U.S. and U.K. consumer spending, across and between brands, via exclusive access to fully permissioned data from over 100 million consumers. Our proprietary AI technology, Comet™, transforms these purchase signals into actionable insights for business and marketing leaders to drive optimal outcomes and build lasting customer relationships. Visit www.affinitysolutions.com to discover how we’re shaping the future of consumer purchase insights.

About Your Role:

Affinity Solutions is looking for a Senior Director, Software Engineering to build and drive a team responsible for multidirectional integrations of its unique purchase-data based media and marketing solutions within the broader adtech/martech ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is a highly skilled, proven technical leader with prior experience in managing software, cloud-services development teams, and direct technical expertise in API development, integration with third-party systems in adtech space, and data-related software development.

Your Responsibilities:

• Product Development and Delivery
  • Partner with product management to understand current product functionality and roadmap requirements
  • Drive engineering delivery from beta through general availability across multiple product releases
• Ecosystem Integrations
  • Lead integrations with major adtech/martech platforms (e.g., LiveRamp XMI)
  • Manage clean room integrations, such as AWS Clean Rooms and Amazon Marketing Cloud
  • Oversee Conversions API (CAPI) integrations with walled garden platforms
  • Build and maintain data connectivity solutions with intermediaries like LiveRamp and MadConnect
  • Identify and prioritize new integration channels based on client and business needs
• Technical Leadership
  • Provide architectural and design guidance for scalable, cloud-based products
  • Assess and evolve the existing technology stack; develop upgrade and modernization plans
  • Standardize engineering practices to improve modularity, scalability, and delivery velocity
  • Work with executive leadership to define strategic technical direction and integration roadmap
• Team Leadership and Development
  • Lead and grow a distributed engineering organization through hiring, coaching, and mentorship
  • Establish clear goals, operational processes, and accountability frameworks
  • Promote a collaborative, knowledge-sharing engineering environment

Your Qualifications:

• Leadership and Architecture
  • 8 years defining and delivering software architectures, technical strategies, and enterprise-scale solutions
  • 4 years leveraging public cloud platforms to build scalable, resilient SaaS products.
  • Experience leading distributed engineering teams and aligning with executive stakeholders on technical decisions
• Technical Expertise
  • Proficiency in one or more of the following: Node.js, Python, SQL, scripting languages, Big Data systems, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, AWS services, REST API development, Amazon EMR, Apache Spark
  • Hands-on experience with API integrations, including REST APIs, enterprise integration patterns, and CAPI implementations
  • Experience with clean room/privacy-preserving data platforms (AWS Clean Rooms, Amazon Marketing Cloud, or similar)
  • Familiarity with adtech/martech platforms such as LiveRamp, The Trade Desk, Google Ads, and Amazon Ads
  • Background designing high-performance, high-volume cloud architectures across AWS or other major cloud environments
• Communication and Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Ability to articulate technical decisions and tradeoffs to both technical and executive stakeholders
  • Experience partnering with product management, architects, and technical leads to guide product development
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience developing enterprise software, including REST APIs, CAPI integrations, and clean room technologies
  • Experience in integrating with marketing technology and walled garden ecosystems
  • Experience in adtech, martech, or large-scale consumer data analytics

Salary Range: $190,000 – $205,000
Office Hours: 9am – 5:30pm

Benefits for full-time employees of Affinity Solutions begin on the first of the month following your date of hire with a generous employer contribution for medical, dental, and vision. In addition to company paid holidays, wellness time off, other wellness benefits, and employee discounts, you will also get employer paid life insurance and have the option to enroll into an employer-matched 401K Plan. We strongly encourage work/life balance by providing unlimited vacation days, available starting 90 days from your hire date as a team member.

Salary : $190,000 - $205,000