Manager, Engineering

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23h•CA$136,000 - CA$170,000•Remote

About The Position

The Manager, Engineering will be accountable for leading and scaling high-performing software development teams, with a focus on delivering robust, scalable, and maintainable solutions. This role combines technical leadership and people management, ensuring alignment between engineering execution and strategic business objectives. Acting as both a coach and a contributor, the Manager oversees the full software development lifecycle—from planning and architecture to deployment and support—ensuring that best practices, technical excellence, and continuous improvement are core to the team's culture. They play a critical role in shaping and implementing technical direction, mentoring developers, managing team health, and removing obstacles to team delivery. In collaboration with Engineering leadership, Product Management, and cross-functional stakeholders, this role ensures that engineering efforts are well-prioritized, resourced appropriately, and executed effectively to meet business needs. The Manager, Engineering cultivates an environment that promotes innovation, accountability, and sustainable growth.

Requirements

Strong background in software development, preferably with experience in modern programming languages like Python, or JavaScript.
Skills working in cloud environments, with knowledge of infrastructure as code being a plus.
Experience working with Azure
Experience leading a team of software engineers or other technical professionals.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and handle ongoing changes.
Experience working in an agile, CI/CD development environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Python + Django, Typescript + React/React Native
AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, ArgoCD.
.NET experience
Prior startup experience
Prior experience hiring and developing high-performing development teams.

Responsibilities

Coach, mentor, and support the professional growth of engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, and development planning — to build a strong, engaged team with clear growth paths.
Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-trust team culture that supports psychological safety and team health — ensuring individuals feel empowered to contribute, take risks, and innovate.
Drive team engagement, morale, and alignment by clarifying roles, setting expectations, and celebrating wins — resulting in high retention and consistent team performance.
Lead roadmap execution and sprint delivery by managing planning cycles, prioritizing effectively, and ensuring clear ownership — enabling predictable, high-quality output that aligns with business objectives.
Proactively remove delivery blockers and escalate risks or trade-offs — ensuring teams remain focused and timelines remain realistic, without compromising product quality.
Coordinate closely with cross-functional peers (e.g., Product, Design, other Engineering teams) to manage dependencies and foster alignment — ensuring a cohesive and effective product development process.
Provide technical guidance and oversight on architectural decisions, design reviews, and system evolution — ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
Champion modern engineering practices (e.g., test automation, observability, CI/CD, documentation) — driving efficiency, code quality, and developer experience.
Invest in continuous improvement of tooling and workflows — accelerating feedback loops and reducing friction in the development lifecycle.
Promote a culture of technical excellence and shared ownership — resulting in a resilient codebase and a team that takes pride in its work.
Actively contribute to codebases when necessary — providing technical leadership by example, and unblocking or accelerating key initiatives.
Engage in high-leverage activities such as prototyping, fixing complex bugs, or reviewing critical code — helping the team deliver higher quality with greater confidence.
Maintain technical fluency in the team’s primary stacks (e.g., Python/Django/DRF, React/TypeScript) — to offer credible guidance and ensure architectural coherence across the product.