Senior Manager, Engineering

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

As Senior Manager, Engineering, you will lead a talented engineering team responsible for developing and scaling a critical security platform that protects sensitive credentials and secrets within AI-powered development environments. You will define the team's technical direction, oversee delivery, and ensure the highest standards of security, reliability, and engineering excellence. Working at the intersection of developer experience, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise security, you will help build solutions that make autonomous AI workflows safer and more trustworthy. You will collaborate closely with Product, Security, and engineering teams to drive platform adoption across multiple products. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity where your technical expertise and people management skills will directly shape the future of secure software development. You will join a globally distributed, remote-first engineering organization that values autonomy, innovation, and collaboration.

Accountabilities

• Engineering Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining a shared security and secrets management platform. Provide technical guidance, establish priorities, and create an environment that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Technical Strategy and Architecture: Own the team's technical direction and contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with long-term product objectives.
• Platform Development: Oversee the development of secure software components, developer-friendly SDKs, and cloud services that enable applications and AI agents to access required credentials without exposing sensitive information.
• Product and Business Alignment: Partner closely with Product Management to translate business objectives and customer needs into technical roadmaps, development priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Security and other engineering teams to establish consistent security practices, facilitate platform adoption, and make the shared secrets platform the preferred solution across products.
• Security and Risk Management: Maintain high security standards by participating in design reviews, developing threat models, and ensuring robust authentication, authorization, secrets management, and isolation mechanisms.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure predictable delivery, system reliability, and operational efficiency. Oversee the team's on-call rotation, incident response processes, reliability reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Talent Acquisition and Development: Recruit, hire, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering professionals, particularly senior individual contributors. Support career development, provide regular feedback, and strengthen team performance.
• Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate communication across teams, provide clear project updates, and report on the progress, risks, and delivery of critical initiatives.
• Customer Engagement: Maintain close connections with customers and internal stakeholders to understand adoption challenges, gather feedback, and ensure that security solutions deliver practical value without compromising usability.
• Platform Adoption and Growth: Drive the long-term development and adoption of the platform across multiple products, ensuring it becomes an essential component of secure development and AI-powered workflows.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience managing high-performing software engineering teams, with a demonstrated ability to develop, motivate, and retain technical talent.
• At least 5 years of hands-on engineering experience building secure software applications and scalable cloud services.
• Strong technical understanding of security fundamentals, including authentication, authorization, secrets and key management, and threat modeling.
• Experience designing and implementing secure systems that protect sensitive credentials and information across complex technical environments.
• Solid understanding of isolation mechanisms, security boundaries, and the challenges associated with running untrusted or semi-trusted workloads.
• Proven experience developing platforms, SDKs, shared services, or infrastructure products adopted by multiple engineering teams.
• Familiarity with enterprise security requirements, including auditability, access policies, governance, and compliance considerations.
• Strong architectural judgment and the ability to guide engineering teams toward scalable, reliable, and secure technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with Product Management, Security, and cross-functional engineering stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and communicate priorities clearly.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and organizational skills, with the ability to support senior engineers and build effective distributed teams.
• A high degree of autonomy, accountability, and adaptability, particularly within a remote-first organization operating across multiple time zones.
• A customer-oriented mindset and the ability to balance strong security principles with practical developer experience and product adoption.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: Annual base salary ranging from CA$276,050 to CA$441,650 for candidates based in Canada, depending on experience, qualifications, skills, and location.
• Equity Participation: Equity grants for all full-time employees, providing an opportunity to participate in the organization's long-term growth and success.
• Remote-First Work Environment: Fully remote working arrangements, with offices available in Seattle and Paris for collaboration and team connection.
• Flexible Working Hours: Autonomy to organize your schedule and manage your work while meeting team and business objectives.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Comprehensive PTO allowance to support personal time, rest, and work-life balance.
• Wellness Days: Dedicated quarterly wellness days and an additional end-of-year wellness break.
• Home Office Support: Financial support to create a comfortable, efficient, and productive home working environment.
• Technology Stipend: Monthly technology allowance equivalent to US$100 net to support work-related needs.
• Learning and Development: Annual professional development budget covering conferences, courses, certifications, and other learning opportunities.
• Paid Parental Leave: Sixteen weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical coverage, retirement benefits, and paid public holidays, with specific provisions varying by country.
• Additional Perks: Exclusive company merchandise and opportunities to connect with a globally distributed engineering community.
• Visa Sponsorship: Visa sponsorship may be considered on a case-by-case basis, depending on business requirements.

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