Earlier this month, our global IX team descended upon the city we call home – Toronto – for our annual employee conference. We enjoyed two days of inspiring on-stage content, gave back to the community by building kits for local charities in partnership with Kits for a Cause and attended a number of team bonding ...continue reading
Each year, Cyber Monday reaffirms its title as the top e-commerce event in North America, with advertisers launching special campaigns and paying top advertising dollars to attract customers. Q4 pushes the limits of our Ad Serving platform, campaign registration pipeline and data processing systems, as IX typically experiences at least a 10% increase in daily ...continue reading
As an engineering-first organization, we have a natural tendency to want to observe how our systems behave at their limits. This allows us to uncover issues that no one else that uses the same technologies has been able to explore. One such issue even led us to discover a bug in the Linux kernel, a ...continue reading
As a Software Engineer who joined in November 2015, it’s been an incredible experience to witness our organization’s rapid growth. Three years ago, we were a group of 78 and did not have an org-wide meeting. As our organization continued to grow, it became evident we needed a new way to communicate ideas across teams. ...continue reading
Earlier this month, IX stopped development for a few days to invest in its team and explore new technologies. Understanding the importance of inspiring innovation and creativity, engineers from across all of our offices came together to partake in our third annual IX Hackathon. Hear from our engineering team and learn more about the hackathon ...continue reading
Just as the heat of the summer started to make its presence felt across Canada, IX Engineering put development on hold for a few days to kick off our third annual IX Hackathon. What better way to invest in innovation and creativity than to host our largest Engineering event ever at the Struck Contemporary Gallery ...continue reading
As an engineering-first company, we take security very seriously. Since knowing where our technology lives is just as important as the tech our engineers build, we invited a small group of our European partners to step inside two of our data centers to experience our tech like never before. Step inside our Amsterdam data center, ...continue reading
If you create software solutions for healthcare, is your company a healthcare company or an engineering company? While there’s nothing that says you need to choose, often a company adopts an identity that permeates throughout its culture. Some folks in the world of banking have struggled for years to find a new identity in the digital ...continue reading
The platforms powering advertising technology are complex – those powering IX technology are no different. Luckily, our engineering team thrives on scaling highly complex processing systems in the midst of constant growth and marketplace change. We’re pleased to launch our latest series aimed at shedding light into IX’s culture of innovation and the inner workings ...continue reading
