Senior Engineering Manager V&V Media

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 V&V Media based in Canada.

This role offers the opportunity to lead the engineering strategy behind large-scale, real-time communication systems that power global voice experiences. You will manage a team of talented engineers while shaping the architecture, reliability, and evolution of advanced media infrastructure. The position combines technical leadership, people management, and deep systems engineering expertise. You will drive innovation across low-latency, high-throughput platforms handling billions of media streams. Working with cross-functional engineering and product teams, you will influence technical direction and deliver highly reliable solutions. This is a high-impact opportunity for an engineering leader passionate about distributed systems, operational excellence, and real-time technologies. You will help build the future of communication platforms while mentoring engineers and fostering engineering excellence.

Accountabilities:: As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead a team responsible for developing and scaling advanced media infrastructure while ensuring reliability, performance, and technical excellence. You will combine strategic vision with hands-on technical leadership to deliver critical systems and guide engineering practices.

Lead and mentor a team of senior engineers building next-generation media processing systems.

Define and execute technical strategies for low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.

Drive architecture decisions impacting large-scale real-time communication platforms.

Collaborate with product, platform, and engineering teams to establish technical roadmaps and priorities.

Promote engineering excellence through strong coding standards, testing practices, and operational reliability.

Provide technical guidance on complex media processing and infrastructure challenges.

Balance feature delivery, technical debt reduction, scalability, and long-term system maintainability.

Own service performance metrics, reliability goals, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Make key technology decisions that shape future platform capabilities.

Support team growth through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and career development.

Partner with engineering leadership to align infrastructure capabilities with broader business objectives.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in distributed systems, backend architecture, and real-time communication technologies. You should have proven experience managing technical teams while delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure in complex environments.

5+ years of engineering management experience leading teams responsible for distributed systems or large-scale backend services.

Strong understanding of Voice/VoIP infrastructure and media processing challenges.

Proven experience architecting and operating highly reliable backend systems under strict service-level objectives.

Deep knowledge of systems design, microservice architectures, and cloud infrastructure.

Experience managing technical trade-offs involving reliability, scalability, performance, and product delivery.

Track record of successfully delivering complex infrastructure projects.

Experience improving developer productivity and workflows through AI-powered engineering tools.

Strong knowledge of performance optimization, reliability engineering, and operational excellence practices.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Experience with real-time communication systems, media processing, streaming technologies, or related domains.

Familiarity with SIP, RTP/RTCP, communication protocols, media codecs, transcoding, packet loss handling, or audio processing is a plus.

Experience with systems programming languages such as Rust, Java, C, or C++ is beneficial.

Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS or similar environments is preferred.

Experience building Voice AI products or telecommunications platforms is an advantage.

Benefits:

Competitive compensation package with a target salary range of approximately CAD 194,000 to CAD 242,500, depending on skills, experience, and location.

Performance-based bonus opportunities.

Remote work flexibility within eligible Canadian locations.

Comprehensive healthcare and wellness benefits.

Generous paid time off and parental leave programs.

Retirement savings support.

Potential eligibility for additional compensation programs and equity opportunities.

Opportunities for professional growth, learning, and career development.

A collaborative global environment focused on innovation and technical excellence.

Occasional travel opportunities for team and project collaboration.

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