Software Engineering Manager II

Article•Vancouver, BC

16d•CA$170,000 - CA$190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Software Engineering Manager II at Article, you will empower high-performing, micro-sized engineering squads to rapidly build, scale, and maintain the technology powering Article's operations. In Application Engineering, we operate with maximum agility, with engineers rotating across projects and owning delivery end-to-end across frontend, backend, data engineering, and cloud infrastructure. We leverage modern AI tools like Claude AI as a force multiplier. This role requires a pragmatic, flexible, and highly adaptable Engineering Manager who can adapt their management style and delivery practices to fit the unique needs of each initiative while building flexible, high-impact systems quickly. Within the first few months, you’ll take ownership of capacity planning, establish clear delivery standards, and guide engineer project rotations. Within a year, you’ll streamline squad operations, reduce ongoing maintenance overhead, and coach a high-performing, highly adaptable engineering team. As a Particle, you will have a high level of autonomy to solve challenging, meaningful problems. We are a modern, adaptable engineering organization built around micro-sized squads (typically 1–2 engineers) with full-stack ownership. Our managers act as Delivery Managers and partner with Staff Engineers on sprint execution, resource planning, and stakeholder alignment. This is a hybrid role, requiring 3 days per week in the Vancouver HQ.

Requirements

Adaptability & Pragmatic Mindset: Process-Agnostic & Pragmatic, Comfortable with Fluidity, Solutions-Oriented.
Leadership & Coaching: Clear Expectation Setting, Technical Leader Coaching, Continuous Feedback Loop.
Delivery & Collaboration: Delivery Management, Cross-Functional Communication, Resilience.
Previous experience directly managing software engineers across various experience levels.
Proven track record managing capacity and project delivery across multiple concurrent projects or micro-squads.
Comfortable supporting full-stack engineering environments across frontend, backend, APIs, data pipelines, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
Hands-on familiarity with modern software practices (CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, unit testing).
Legally able to work in Canada.
Completion of a criminal background check.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple concurrent micro-squads (1–2 engineers) through rapidly shifting project scopes, team structures, and operational frameworks, applying a pragmatic lens to execution.
Lead fast, high-quality project cycles from scoping through to production deployment, embracing changing business needs with composure and flexibility.
Empower engineers with AI tools like Claude AI to navigate complex codebases via natural language, accelerating onboarding and smooth project rotations.
Own capacity planning and project sequencing, pragmatically balancing high-ROI initiatives with technical debt reduction and operational stability.
Serve as the key interface for project delivery—leading trade-off conversations with cross-functional stakeholders, managing delivery timelines, and setting realistic expectations.
Partner with Product Managers and Staff Engineers on sprint planning, task creation, and resource allocation without conducting direct code reviews.
Guide engineers as they traverse front-end, back-end, integrations, data engineering, and AWS cloud infrastructure across different project rotations.
Review operational metrics (incidents, bugs, debt) and ensure squads schedule proactive improvements to continuously reduce operational workload.
Model "above the line" behavior across squads, maintaining high standards of fairness, ownership, and clear accountability.