--- title: 'Manager, Engineering - Publisher Team at iSpot' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/manager-engineering-publisher-team-ispot-bellevue-xjfnt1n43hax' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # Manager, Engineering - Publisher Team at iSpot - **Company:** iSpot - **Location:** Bellevue, WA - **Posted:** 2026-08-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ispottv/jobs/4726715005 ## Job description Immigration / Work Authorization Notice: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. iSpot is not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. iSpot competes for the best talent. Our compensation packages consist of salary and equity in one of Seattle’s hottest start-ups, as well as other standard benefits. Most importantly, we provide a really interesting working experience, and the chance to contribute to the success of something great. What You’ll Be Part Of: We are seeking a Engineering Manager to lead the development of our high-scale Publisher Team. This role is responsible for the mission-critical systems that ingest, process, and organize massive streams of media data. You will own the end-to-end data lifecycle, from ingestion of raw broadcast/digital signals to the management of a robust Content Catalog. This role has explicit accountability for software quality, owns the frontend, and brings ads domain expertise, including ownership of the ad catalog. Your objective is to ensure that our platform provides a highly accurate, performant, and "source-of-truth" foundation for all downstream measurement and attribution products. The role requires balancing people leadership, technical execution, and quality outcomes across all platform systems. Platform Evolution & AI Integration - System Modernization: Lead the strategy for upgrading and refactoring existing ingestion and cataloging systems to improve throughput, reduce latency, and lower technical debt. - AI-Driven Automation: Embed machine learning and AI into the content cataloging workflow to automate creative identification, metadata extraction, and fingerprinting at scale. - Big Data Domain Expertise: Ensure the accuracy and reliability of massive ad datasets, partnering cross-functionally to evolve platform capabilities in support of complex attribution modeling. - Partner Data Integration: Own the engineering work to onboard and maintain large third-party data sources (ACR, set-top-box, streaming, and panel signals), including the migration and cutover work that comes with changing providers. End-to-End Lifecycle & Quality Accountability - Full Lifecycle Ownership: Own the pipeline from design and development through testing, release, and post-release stability. - Quality Gating: Define and enforce software quality standards. You are the final authority on release readiness, tracking metrics such as defect density, test coverage, and production uptime. - Rigorous Testing: Ensure unit, integration, and regression testing are natively embedded in the CI/CD pipeline. Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) for any production incidents to drive continuous improvement. Technical Execution & Agile Leadership - Effective Sprint Planning: Translate long-term platform strategy into actionable, well-scoped sprints. Balance the delivery of new features with the maintenance of "always-on" ingestion systems. - Frontend & Internal Tooling: While the focus is backend-heavy, you will own the architecture and usability of internal-facing tools and dashboards, ensuring consistency and performance for internal power users. - People Leadership: Coach and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of high accountability, ownership, and "quality-first" engineering. - AI-Enabled Engineering: Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development practices across the team, holding the same standards for quality and review that apply to all code we ship. Operational Reliability - System Health: Ensure the 24/7 availability and performance of the ad catalog and ingestion engines. - Agile Maturity: Drive agile best practices to ensure the team remains nimble while maintaining the discipline required for big data environments. Qualifications and Education Requirements: - Engineering Leadership: Proven experience managing high-performing teams delivering production-grade, distributed software at scale. - Big Data: Deep domain expertise in big data architectures, specifically managing high-throughput data ingestion, or media metadata systems. - System Modernization: Proven track record of upgrading legacy systems and refactoring technical debt into scalable, modern platform architectures. - AI Implementation: Experience embedding AI/ML models into production workflows to automate content cataloging, creative identification, or data tagging. - Full-Stack Oversight: Architectural proficiency in both backend data systems and frontend technologies used to build performant internal management tools. - Lifecycle Ownership: Demonstrated accountability for the end-to-end software lifecycle, from initial design through to post-release stability and performance. - Quality Governance: Experience defining and enforcing rigorous quality gates, including automated unit, integration, and regression testing frameworks. - Operational Excellence: Strong focus on production stability, using root-cause analysis and data-driven metrics (e.g., defect rates, latency) to drive improvement. - Agile Execution: Mastery of effective sprint planning to balance rapid delivery of new platform features with long-term infrastructure stability. - Delivery Velocity: Ability to maintain a high shipping cadence while upholding strict standards for system reliability and data integrity. - Strategic Collaboration: Exceptional communication skills to align engineering efforts with Product, Data Science, and Operations objectives. Preferred Skills: - Ad Tech Platform experience - Ad tech, media measurement, or audience measurement platform experience - Familiarity with publisher-side or sell-side measurement — audience delivery, reach and frequency, cross-platform de-duplication - Exposure to ACR, set-top-box, panel, or streaming census data sources - Experience managing engineering work tied to enterprise partner SLAs and contractual delivery dates Target cash compensation range: $168,529 – $212,710 USD Annually We are committed to providing competitive, market-informed compensation. The cash compensation above includes base salary, variable commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, all full time iSpotters are eligible to participate in iSpot’s equity plan to receive stock options. Non-exempt roles will also be eligible for (pre-approved) overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are influenced by different factors unique to each candidate, including their skills, experience, qualifications and other job-related reasons. For more information on total rewards package, go[HERE](https://www.ispot.tv/about/careers) Hybrid & Flexible Workplace Policy iSpot supports a hybrid and flexible workplace. Depending on location and work responsibilities, employees may be designated as full-time or part-time office-based or a fully remote employee. A hybrid work schedule indicates that you work in the office some days and work from home other days. The best hybrid workplaces allow for flexibility while also encouraging consistency. Those local or living in surrounding areas to one of our offices (Bellevue, WA or New York, NY) will work a hybrid schedule, coming into their local office 1-3 days a week. While those in a role, not office-based and located further away from our offices, will work a fully remote schedule. If you have questions regarding exact details of our hybrid & flexible workplace policy, please let your recruiter know and they will discuss with you further. #LI-Hybrid If you don't feel you met every single requirement for the role, don't rule yourself out. Please apply anyway! iSpot is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please contact our HR team. California Residents applying for positions at [iSpot](http://ispot.tv/) can access our California Consumer Privacy Act [here.](https://www.ispot.tv/privacy) ## About iSpot ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: iSpot provides real-time, cross-screen measurement and attribution for TV and streaming advertising, enabling advertisers to optimize campaign performance with digital-like precision. - **Entity Type**: Private (funding: $382.8M total; last round: Private Equity led by Goldman Sachs in 2022) - **Headquarters**: Bellevue, Washington, USA (also offices in New York, NY, and operates in Ireland, India, Canada, Pakistan) - **Founded**: 2012 - **Founders**: Sean Muller (Founder & CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Advertising Technology (AdTech) – TV and streaming advertising measurement & analytics. - **Target customers**: B2B – brands, agencies, and media companies seeking to measure and optimize linear and streaming TV ad effectiveness. - **Mission / purpose**: “Justify and optimize TV advertising investments with fast, accurate, actionable cross-screen measurement and attribution you can trust.” [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/about/careers) ## Products & Services - **iSpot.tv Platform**: Always-on, real-time measurement of every TV ad across linear and streaming, covering creative effectiveness, audience engagement, media attribution, and competitive benchmarking. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ispottv) - **iSpot SAGE**: Agentic AI platform powered by video advertising, designed to provide proprietary insights and automation for ad optimization. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ispottv) - **Cross-Screen Attribution**: Unified view of ad performance across traditional TV, connected TV (CTV) and digital video, linking exposure to business outcomes. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company). - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$100M (latest data); **Total Funding** $382.8M (seed, Series A/B/C, and a $325M PE round from Goldman Sachs in April 2022). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ispottv) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Insight Partners, Madrona, Goldman Sachs (lead for the 2022 PE round). Acquisitions include Ace Metrix, DRMetrix, ADSCRIBE, and 605. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ispottv) - **Growth Signals**: Introduced iSpot SAGE agentic AI platform; expanded to 5 countries; active job postings (14 as of mid-2026) with +100% YoY increase in listings; trusted by hundreds of advertisers and publishers. Note: headcount decreased 13.4% YoY to 262 employees, but new hiring indicates strategic refocus. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ispottv) [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ispottv) ## Competitive Advantages - **Purpose-built real-time data**: Unlike legacy panel-based solutions, iSpot measures every TV ad as it airs, across both linear and streaming, providing always-on, cross-screen attribution. - **Proprietary AI (iSpot SAGE)**: Agentic AI platform designed specifically for video advertising, offering unique automation and insight capabilities. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ispottv) - **Industry trust**: Used by hundreds of major advertisers and agencies; strong track record of acquisitions that expanded data assets and scale. - **End-to-end measurement**: Covers creative, audience, and outcomes in a single platform, reducing fragmentation for clients. ## Strategic Focus - **AI-driven innovation**: Investing in agentic AI (SAGE) to further automate and enhance ad measurement and optimization. - **Cross-screen unification**: Deepening integration of linear and streaming TV data to provide seamless, holistic attribution for evolving media consumption. - **International expansion**: Operating in 5 countries (US, Ireland, India, Canada, Pakistan) and likely scaling global reach. - **Talent rebuilding**: Despite recent headcount reduction, increased job postings (+100% YoY) signal investment in key roles, especially in Engineering, Data Science, and Sales. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ispottv) ## Why Work Here - **Hybrid & flexible working**: iSpot embraces hybrid work with a mix of in-office (Bellevue, New York) and remote. Benefits include Flexible Paid Time Off, commuter assistance, and a monthly tech stipend for Wi-Fi/phone. [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/about/careers) - **Competitive compensation**: Salaries targeted at the 75th percentile of the market; stock options granted upon hire with potential for additional grants during annual review. [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/about/careers) - **Comprehensive benefits**: Medical/dental/vision with $0/month individual option, generous HSA match, 401k match, parental leave, Dependent Care FSA, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement, Learning & Development platform, and Employee Assistance Program. [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/about/careers) - **Engineering culture**: The Product & Engineering team is described as “at the core of iSpot’s innovative spirit,” where every employee can shape the future of ad measurement. Culture values include being “Passionate and Focused,” “Motivated and Innovative,” “Diverse and Inclusive,” “Open and Honest,” and “Elevated and Inspired.” [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/about/careers) - **Growth opportunities**: Access to learning platforms, tuition reimbursement, and the chance to work on cutting-edge AI and big data technologies in a fast-growing company. ## Sources 1. [ispot.tv – Careers page](https://www.ispot.tv/about/careers) 2. [linkedin.com – iSpot company page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ispottv) 3. [cbinsights.com – iSpot profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ispottv) 4. 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