Engineering Manager, Product

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead two engineering teams, including one-to-ones, performance reviews, and career development for Engineering Leads and individual contributors.
• Shape architecture and technical direction with Engineering Leads and scrutinize significant technical decisions; Leads retain day-to-day technical ownership.
• Partner with the Director to develop Engineering Leads and collaborate with peer Engineering Managers as the group grows.
• Support team triads in prioritization, disciplined scoping, and incremental delivery of business value.
• Assess team delivery, health, and growth trajectory and take action based on those assessments.
• Champion platform health, stability, and operational rigor, including the management on-call rotation.
• Hire as engineering grows.
• Promote AI-native engineering practices and adoption of AI coding tools across the team.

Required skills and experience

• Extensive software engineering experience and depth to evaluate technical decisions; typically 8+ hands-on years, though demonstrated depth matters more than a specific number.
• Proven formal management experience with engineers at different levels, including Staff engineers; typically 3+ years in management.
• Strong individual-contributor experience building software at scale; Elixir, Ruby, or TypeScript experience is preferred.
• Effective communication across technical and business stakeholders.
• A strong engineering or management track record during rapid growth.
• Recent hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted coding tools.
• Comfort defining processes in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.

Preferred experience

• Fintech, marketplace-platform, or other regulated-software experience is preferred.
• Experience driving AI adoption as a team-wide process change is preferred.

Compensation

• Estimated total compensation is CAD 165,000–275,000 for Vancouver, BC, and CAD 165,000–250,000 for remote roles in Canada.
• Actual base salary, any variable bonus, and options grant vary based on market and individual qualifications.

Workplace

• The posting lists a Vancouver, BC option and a remote-from-Canada option.

Benefits and perks

• Employee stock option plan, employer-paid health and dental premiums, and a Health/Personal Spending Account for Canadian employees.
• Vancouver-based employees can use the downtown HQ, which has a gym and rooftop amenity, and receive a CAD 20-per-day commuter benefit for each day worked there.
• Benefits and activities include social events, team workouts, retreats, team-building events, and growth opportunities.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation are available for exceptional candidates.