Wattpad follows a hybrid work model, with employees working from our vibrant downtown Toronto office 3x per week.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.
What You'll Do:- 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
Required Qualifications:- 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 higher
- Significant experience designing and building backend distributed systems, including writing and critiquing design and technical plan documentation with diagrams
- Majority experience in backend development with substantial hands-on experience in API, application, and systems design and building
- Expert level experience developing on Unix-based platforms
- Experience with one or more compiled languages such as C++, Java, Golang, or Rust
- Strong technical background with the ability to make well informed decisions and translate complex technical concepts to various audiences
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Nice To Haves:- Experience in a Staff, Principal Engineer, or Architect position
- AWS Cloud experience
- Experience with OpenAPI, gRPC, or Protobuf
- Experience with Golang
- Experience with Docker, containerization, or Kubernetes
$140,000 - $180,000 a year
What we offer (For Full-Time Only):* Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
* Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
Your own health/wellness account to spend each year
* RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
* Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
* Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family
* Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
* Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!
Wattpad is conducting all interviews in a distributed manner using applicable third party software where needed and using visual interface tools such as Google Meet and Zoom.
