Senior Engineering Manager, Activation & Engagement

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, Activation & Engagement based in Canada.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-impact engineering organization responsible for building critical experiences within a large-scale digital marketplace. You will manage a team of engineers across mobile, backend, vendor-integrated systems, and engineering foundations. The position combines technical leadership, people management, product strategy, and cross-functional collaboration. You will shape engineering direction while improving reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. Working in a fast-paced and innovative environment, you will solve complex problems that directly impact user experience and platform performance. This is an opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to develop talent and drive meaningful improvements across a widely used platform.

Accountabilities:: The Senior Engineering Manager will own the strategy, execution, and technical evolution of a broad product engineering area. This role requires balancing business priorities, engineering excellence, operational reliability, and team development while collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the organization.

Lead and develop an engineering team of 10–12 professionals, supporting career growth, performance management, hiring, and organizational development.

Define and execute multi-quarter engineering strategies, roadmaps, and priorities across product initiatives, compliance requirements, marketplace needs, and technical foundations.

Establish technical direction across mobile applications, backend services, operational systems, and engineering platforms.

Partner with Product, Design, Data, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Marketing, and other teams to align priorities and drive effective decision-making.

Build scalable, reliable systems by improving architecture, observability, incident response processes, testing practices, and operational ownership.

Create strong engineering practices that improve velocity, code quality, and collaboration through modern development approaches and AI-assisted workflows.

Navigate complex technical and business challenges, balancing innovation, delivery speed, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, technical excellence, and collaborative problem-solving.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in software development, team management, and large-scale product engineering. You should be comfortable operating in complex environments where priorities evolve and collaboration across disciplines is essential.

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 5+ years managing engineering teams.

Proven experience leading product engineering teams working across mobile applications, backend systems, and operationally critical platforms.

Strong technical judgment in distributed systems, service ownership, reliability, observability, and production operations.

Experience defining and delivering multi-quarter roadmaps while managing competing priorities and dependencies.

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives involving product, design, compliance, operations, and technical stakeholders.

Strong people leadership skills, including mentoring senior engineers, building high-performing teams, and supporting organizational change.

Experience improving engineering efficiency through modern AI developer tools or AI-assisted engineering practices.

Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and translate complex challenges into clear strategies.

Strong communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills.

Preferred experience with marketplace platforms, onboarding and engagement systems, trust and safety solutions, or customer-facing products.

Familiarity with technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Python, Golang, Postgres, Redis, AWS, or similar engineering environments is an asset.

Benefits:

Remote work flexibility for candidates based in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, or Nova Scotia.

Competitive base salary range of CA$229,000 – CA$241,500, depending on location, experience, and skills.

Eligibility for equity grants and annual refresh opportunities.

Comprehensive compensation and benefits package designed to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Flexible work approach allowing employees to work from home, an office, or another suitable location.

Opportunity to collaborate with talented teams while building products used at significant scale.

Career growth opportunities within an innovative and fast-moving technology environment.

Supportive workplace culture focused on inclusion, learning, and continuous improvement.

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