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 collaborative 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 schedule

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

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