Manager – Engineering

Role overview Lead an engineering team responsible for the services, applications, databases, and APIs behind a domain and internet infrastructure platform. The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical direction, delivery ownership, production support, and collaboration on broader architecture and platform strategy.

Responsibilities - Hire, mentor, and support engineers through regular feedback, career development, and performance management. - Plan and coordinate engineering work, releases, priorities, and resolution of blockers. - Guide architecture and design decisions, review code, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to production software. - Turn product and business needs into technical plans while balancing roadmap work, technical debt, and operational priorities. - Coordinate initiatives across engineering, product, operations, quality, and design teams. - Improve system reliability, performance, security, observability, testing, and incident response practices.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software or computer engineering, or a related technical field. - At least six years of software engineering experience, including backend development, system design, and production applications. - At least two years of engineering management experience with direct people leadership. - Strong experience with Python, Go, or a similar backend language. - Experience with Agile methods, automated testing, continuous integration, Git, production support, and incident response. - Experience leading or working with distributed engineering teams, and using AI-assisted development tools with appropriate validation and security practices.

Nice to have Experience with event-driven systems and message brokers; internet protocols such as DNS, EPP, or RDAP; legacy system modernization; transactional platforms; cloud and container technologies; API security; Linux, networking, or infrastructure operations.

Benefits and work setup Remote role for applicants based in Canada. The listed base salary range is CAD $160,000–$170,000, with compensation varying by location, experience, and qualifications. The source describes a broader benefits offering but does not specify individual benefits.