Senior Software Engineering Manager (SaaS Healthcare)

Full-time Department: R&D; MEDFAR Clinical Solutions was founded in 2010 by two aeronautical engineers who realized that the healthcare system was not exploiting the full potential of technology. Supported by a large community of medical experts and focused on clinical success and patient safety, MEDFAR was the first company to certify a cloud-based Electronic Medical Record in Canada: MYLE (Make Your Life Easy). Committed to promoting excellence and effectiveness in healthcare worldwide, MEDFAR differentiates itself by offering a unique healthcare management solution for clinics, which replaces inefficient processes with a faster and safer technological alternative. The Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering owns the health, output, and growth of MEDFAR's foundational technical functions: Cloud Engineering, Core Architecture. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for the organization and management of technical teams working to scale reliable, maintainable systems. You will bridge the gap between platform strategy and technical execution, ensuring product teams can move faster through reusable capabilities and robust operational standards. Core Responsibilities

People & Organizational Leadership

Team Development: Lead, coach, and mentor senior technical contributors (Platform, SREs, and DevOps). Own hiring, onboarding, and performance management. Strategic Organization: Lead the evolution of Cloud and Core Engineering into a cohesive, platform-oriented function with clear ownership and rituals. Culture: Foster an workplace of technical excellence, pragmatism, and a "platform-as-a-product" mindset to serve internal engineering customers. Roadmap Ownership: Define and execute the roadmap for shared services,



developer enablement tools, and cloud foundations. Delivery Excellence: Balance long-term strategic investments with immediate operational needs, modernization efforts, and tech debt reduction. Cross-Team Enablement: Partner with product teams to identify friction points and deliver reusable patterns that improve autonomy and deployment speed. Cloud Governance & Efficiency: Oversee cloud spending management (FinOps) and vendor relationships to ensure the platform remains cost-effective and compliant as it scales. Operations & Reliability (SRE/DevOps)

Operational Maturity: Strengthen production readiness, IaC, backup/DR strategies, and observability across cloud environments (Azure/AWS). Incident Management: Evolve the incident response framework, including escalation paths and post-incident learning (RCAs) to drive long-term reliability. Service Standards: Define and monitor SLOs/SLIs and ensure sustainable on-call practices. Technical Leadership

Standards Advocacy: Champion engineering standards for security, testability, and maintainability. Collaborative Decision Making: Facilitate technical discussions across domains, communicating trade-offs and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience & Education

Professional Tenure: 10+ years of total software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in a formal engineering management role. SaaS Expertise:



Proven track record in a high-growth SaaS environment, managing platforms that support large-scale, distributed customer-facing applications.

Education:
A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field (or equivalent qualified experience). Modernization: Experience leading teams through the modernization of legacy or monolithic systems into cloud-native architectures. Technical Background

Cloud Proficiency: Deep experience with Microsoft Azure (preferred) or AWS, including cloud architecture, security, and scalability. Stack: Strong background in Microsoft-oriented environments (.
NET, C#, SQL Server) and modern DevOps tooling (CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform). Credibility: Ability to engage in deep technical discussions with Staff Engineers and Architects without needing to write production code daily. Systems Thinker: Ability to create structure in ambiguous environments and improve cross-team workflows. Delivery Instinct: Driven by data and metrics (DORA, SLOs) to guide decisions and improve execution health. Bilingual Proficiency: Ability to operate and lead effectively in anEnglish work environment. French is a plus. Working

Conditions:

Permanent full-time position (40 hours per week). Flexible hybrid or remote work arrangement. Occasional in-office presence may be required during the year. Candidates must reside in the province of Quebec. By joining MEDFAR, you will be part of a purpose-driven organization whose product is disrupting and digitizing health care, making doctors’ and healthcare workers’ lives easier, while enabling better patient health outcomes. Becoming a MEDFARian also means having the opportunity to be part of an

📌 Senior Software Engineering Manager (Winnipeg)
🏢 Medfar
📍 Winnipeg