Senior Engineering Manager leading commonsku’s engineering team to develop scalable, high-quality software solutions. Collaborating with product, design, and technical teams to drive innovative projects.
Responsibilities
Shape Product Strategy: Partner with Product Management and Design to shape roadmaps and define clear technical and performance requirements for future initiatives.
Champion Agility: Promote an agile mindset with team rituals and processes that support predictable delivery, fast feedback loops, and continuous improvement.
Lead Project Delivery: Drive the execution of complex, cross-functional engineering projects. Scope and stage work into well-defined milestones, ensuring alignment with commonsku's vision.
Provide Technical Leadership: Act as a technical leader and thought partner, resolving ambiguity and applying strong engineering judgment to ensure sustainable and scalable systems.
Cultivate Talent: Build, grow, and retain a team of engineering professionals by fostering an environment of psychological safety, accountability, and technical excellence.
Coach & Mentor: Provide regular coaching, feedback, and career development aligned with our internal progression framework.
Connect Team to Mission: Ensure each team member understands how their work connects to customers, our mission, and our broader business strategy.
Navigate Trade-offs: Balance business, customer, and technical trade-offs thoughtfully and transparently.
Drive Engineering Excellence: Identify strategic opportunities to improve engineering practices, tools, or systems, and drive adoption of these enhancements at scale.
Represent Engineering Interdepartmentally: Champion the engineering team in company-level initiatives, helping others understand the impact, scope, and feasibility of proposed technical solutions.
Facilitate Clear Communication: Model clear, proactive, and tailored communication across levels and audiences while sharing learnings, progress, and outcomes broadly.
Requirements
8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of delivering scalable, high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.
3+ years of experience managing engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
Proven experience partnering with Product and Design teams to shape roadmaps, define scope, and deliver customer-centric features.
Strong technical background with hands-on experience in system design, architecture, and modern development practices.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects from concept to delivery, balancing technical trade-offs and business outcomes.
Strong understanding of Agile principles and experience evangelizing them.
A proven ability to build and scale engineering processes that support team health, delivery speed, and code quality.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to create clarity and alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
An action-oriented mindset, a customer-first philosophy, and the ability to think and act strategically.
Comfort working independently and asynchronously, while also prioritizing collaboration and connection with people.
Experience leveraging AI coding tools and workflows, and establishing best practices for engineering teams.
Bonus: Experience with devops tools/practices; experience with Generative AI and applying it to solve customer problems.
Benefits
Remote-first culture (with plenty of excellent in-person experiences sprinkled in)
Company-wide closure between December 25th and January 1st
Health and dental benefits, including a $1,000 healthcare spending account
RRSP/TFSA contributions up to $3,000 a year (no employee contribution required!)
Twice-yearly company wide summits (we call it HQ and you’ll love it)
A delightful team of smart people who are good at what they do
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