Manager – Engineering

About the role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Manager – Engineering based in Canada.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a talented team of software engineers responsible for building and maintaining critical Internet infrastructure and digital platforms. In this hands-on leadership role, you will combine technical expertise, people management, and delivery ownership to develop reliable, scalable, and secure backend services. You will guide architectural decisions, oversee engineering execution, and contribute directly to technical problem-solving and production systems. Working closely with Product, Operations, QA, Design, and engineering leadership, you will translate business priorities into effective technical solutions. You will also drive improvements in development practices, system performance, and engineering productivity through modern technologies and AI-assisted tools. This is an opportunity to shape essential Internet services while developing high-performing teams in a flexible, remote-first environment.

Accountabilities You will lead engineering teams and oversee the full development lifecycle, balancing technical leadership, operational excellence, and team development. Your responsibilities will include:

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People Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers through recruitment, hiring, regular one-on-ones, constructive feedback, career development, and performance management.

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Engineering Execution: Own day-to-day delivery, including planning, prioritization, technical implementation, release coordination, and removing project blockers.

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Technical Leadership: Remain hands-on through architecture discussions, code reviews, troubleshooting, technical decision-making, and contributions to production code.

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Architecture & System Design: Lead technical design decisions for services and applications while collaborating with engineering leadership on broader platform architecture and long-term strategy.

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Requirements & Prioritization: Translate business and product requirements into actionable technical plans, balancing roadmap objectives, technical debt, and operational needs.

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Platform Development: Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of backend services, applications, RESTful APIs, database schemas, and integrations.

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Cross-Functional Delivery: Coordinate complex initiatives across multiple applications and services, managing dependencies with Product, Operations, QA, Design, and other engineering teams.

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Reliability & Performance: Drive continuous improvements in system availability, performance, security, observability, and maintainability.

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Incident Management: Lead technical incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and follow-up initiatives to strengthen system reliability.