Reports to: Director, Enterprise Architecture ca is scaling a multi-platform, regulated digital ecosystem across insurance, money, and content. As engineering scale increases, platform quality becomes the multiplier for delivery speed, reliability, and security.

The Senior

Manager, Platform & Cloud Engineering will: Make the right path the easy path for software engineers Standardize cloud, CI/CD, and infrastructure foundations Ensure platforms are secure, reliable, cost-efficient, and AI-ready Shared delivery foundations used by all product teams Cloud standards across AWS (serverless + managed services) and legacy workloads on Akamai/Linode Own Cloudflare as a first-class platform for CDN, edge delivery, workers, DNS, SSL/TLS, traffic routing policies, WAF, bot management, rate limiting, DDoS protection, and traffic anomaly mitigation Platform evolution in partnership with Software Engineering, Security, and Ops Logging, monitoring, and alerting Runtime configuration and secrets Own cloud architecture and standards across AWS, including serverless and managed services Collaboration with Engineering Operations on incident prevention and recovery readiness AI-Augmented Platform Engineering Platform Engineering at Rates.ca is AI-enabled by design. Enable enterprise-approved AI tooling as part of the developer platform: Test generation and pipeline explanation Use AI to: Ensure AI capabilities are: Measurable for ROI and risk AI accelerates platform insight — humans remain accountable for decisions. OKRs & KPIs (Performance-Critical) Developer satisfaction with platform experience (qualitative + quantitative)



AI-Related Outcomes Faster diagnosis of pipeline and infrastructure failures No increase in security or compliance findings due to AI usage Improving these trends over time is a core performance expectation. 12+ years in platform, cloud, or infrastructure engineering ~ Proven experience leading senior engineers and/or managers ~ Robust hands-on background with AWS cloud services, including serverless patterns ~ CDN-backed or serverless frontends) ~ Experience enabling or governing AI-assisted developer platforms We value transparency, ownership, and continuous improvement.

You’ll have the freedom to innovate and the support to thrive. ~ This role requires two in‑office days per week (Tuesday and Thursday), with an additional Wednesday in the office every other week ~Annual holiday festivities, free lunches and so much more ~ Helping you help others with our paid volunteer programs ~ Employee satisfaction survey for you to voice your opinion on working at Rates.Lounge and games room - ping-pong, pool, foosball, and more! The compensation package consists of a competitive salary, benefits, and an incentive bonus. We provide equal prospect to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories such as sexual orientation.

We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to our mission - creating a foundation for a creative workplace that leads to innovation and growth. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive, accessible workplace where all individuals feel valued, respected, and heard. We are committed to working with and providing accommodations to candidates and employees with physical or mental disabilities.

📌 Senior Manager of Platforms Engineering (Toronto)
🏢 Rates.ca
📍 Toronto