Be part of AKUREY!

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and empower a high-performing engineering team through an exciting product transformation. In this role, you will drive engineering excellence by bringing structure to delivery, leading teams through legacy-to-modern transitions, and fostering the adoption of AI-native development practices. You will work closely with executive leadership, product, and engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions while mentoring engineers and building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

If you enjoy balancing technical leadership with people management, thrive in fast-paced environments, and are passionate about helping teams deliver their best work, let's discuss. WHAT YOU'LL DO:

The successful candidate will

Unify a currently fragmented Landing Page Builder group into one coherent unit with a shared sprint board and delivery cadence.

Bring real Scrum discipline to delivery — story sizing, sprint commitments, burndowns, and retrospectives.

Manage a hybrid team of in-house engineers and embedded vendor developers through a legacy-to-AI-native product transition, including clean vendor offboarding and knowledge transfer.

Balance parallel workstreams — maintaining the existing Builder while shipping the AI Builder — without starving either.

Lead the team's adoption of agentic engineering workflows and tooling.

Partner with the CTO, VP of Product, peer Engineering Managers, and the Director of Data & AI/ML Engineering to keep engineering a credible voice in roadmap conversations. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

What We Need to See in Candidates:

5–8 years of engineering experience,



with 3+ years managing teams of 8 or more in a SaaS setting.

Proven experience leading a team through a legacy-to-modern product transition — parallel workstreams, deprecation planning, shipping new product alongside active maintenance.

Demonstrated experience shipping AI-powered or agentic features that are actually in production (not just POCs).

Experience managing hybrid teams of full-time staff and embedded vendor or contractor developers, with accountability for standards, knowledge transfer, and clean offboarding.

Solid technical depth — this is a hands-on "player coach" role, with 30–40% of time spent on feature delivery, code review, and pairing with the team.

Hands-on experience with the stack: React, Tailwind, GraphQL, AWS, Postgres, DynamoDB, TypeScript.

Up-to-date engineering discipline: CI/CD maturity, code review culture, observable velocity and delivery predictability.

Comfortable working alongside a CTO in a clear division of responsibilities — executing on direction, and pushing back credibly when needed.

A genuine track record of developing senior engineers into technical leaders.

Culture

Fit

We are looking for someone who:

Moves with urgency and doesn't wait for permission.

Treats AI as a real capability multiplier rather than a buzzword.

Measures success by how much they unblock and upskill others.

Builds momentum without leaving people behind.

Stays calm under uncertainty — the roadmap and team composition are still being shaped, and this candidate thrives in that environment.

Is decisive on people and process without requiring consensus. WHAT WOULD BE A PLUS?

Hands-on experience with the stack: Python, GrapesJS, MySQL, Ruby, Java, Clojure, OpenTofu, and Radix.

📌 Engineering Manager (Canada)
🏢 Akurey
📍 Canada