We are hiring an Engineering Manager for our Platform Engineering team to lead the design, development, and maintenance of the backend platforms that underpin Wattpad’s social, notifications, subscriptions, and coin economy features
This is a highly cooperative team that works closely with Product, Marketing, Business, and other engineering teams who build upon these platforms to deliver features to our end users. As Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for both the technical direction of the team and the growth and development of the engineers within it
Lead and support a team of engineers, overseeing performance management, career growth, and general team administration including rituals and meetings
Contribute to planning and determining the technical roadmap by understanding and aligning business and engineering goals
Spearhead and participate in technical design and planning sessions
Provide technical guidance and feedback on documentation, designs, and code
Work with Product and other teams during requirements gathering and solutioning
Coordinate resourcing on projects, provide time estimates, and communicate blockers and issues
Maintain high quality standards and foster a culture of long-term thinking and innovation
Play an active role in hiring across the team
Mentor and coach team members in both technical and soft skills relevant to their roles
Benefits Full health benefits
Career development & Mentorship opportunities
RRSP matching
Generous parental Leave top-up
Flexible hours
Regular hackathons
Healthy snacks & drinks
Your choice of hardware




Monthly work-from-home allowance
Beautiful offices in Toronto and Halifax
Easy access to transit
8+ years of experience in software development with at least 3 years managing a team of 3 or more engineers including those at the Senior level or higherBachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related fieldSignificant experience designing and building backend distributed systems, including writing and critiquing design and technical plan documentation with diagramsExpert level experience developing on Unix-based platformsStrong technical background with the ability to make well informed decisions and translate complex technical concepts to various audiencesMajority experience in backend development with substantial hands-on experience in API, application, and systems design and buildingComfortable working with ambiguity and collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholdersExperience with one or more compiled languages such as C++, Java, Golang, or RustDon’t meet all the requirements? Studies show women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs if they do not meet all the qualifications. Therefore, in an effort to build a more diverse workplace, we encourage you to apply anyways. You might actually be the right person or you may be a good fit for a number of other openings we currently haveExperience in a Staff, Principal Engineer, or Architect positionAWS Cloud experienceExperience with OpenAPI, gRPC, or ProtobufExperience with Docker, containerization, or KubernetesExperience with Golang

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📌 Engineering Manager (Wattpad) (Ontario)
🏢 Wattpad
📍 Ontario