Senior Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• You possess the capability to lead a team through example. As a leader within our development team, you can instill the principles of kindness, quality, and ownership among your colleagues while providing constructive feedback on team improvement.

• Many challenges we face necessitate insights from various areas of the business. Your ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with peers both within and outside of engineering is crucial to our success.

• You recognize that a project is considered complete only once it has been delivered to customers. You can guide your teams to establish clear objectives, maintain ongoing communication regarding delivery timelines, and eliminate obstacles.

• You have a deep understanding of the foundational elements that contribute to a robust and scalable system. You can break down business challenges into well-architected systems with the assistance of your engineers.

• Your experience equips you with the knowledge of what needs to be built and the discipline to discern what should be avoided.

• You have a solid grasp of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and data storage technologies, allowing you to choose the most suitable tool for each task.

• Your enthusiasm is something you share with every team member at Joist. You have a passion for technology, teamwork, change, and creating a product that revolutionizes the industry.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience leading engineers as a direct manager in a product development setting, ideally managing teams across multiple technology stacks.

• More than 5 years of professional experience as a software developer working within agile teams.

• A successful track record of mentoring and developing other engineers throughout your career.

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of software projects, from initial scoping and estimation to live production deployment.

• You understand how to collaborate with Product Management to experiment, iterate, and deliver quickly for customers.

• The ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly and concisely in an accessible manner.

• You hold strong opinions on building exceptional software and products but are open to the perspectives of others; you know when to be adaptable and when to remain steadfast.

• You are an expert in agile software development processes and understand what it takes to run high-performing engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility to work in the manner that suits you best within your country of employment – whether in-office, remote, or hybrid.

• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including an annual wellness stipend.

• Flexible and generous (FTO) time-off policy.

• Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with a 4% company match.