Engineering Manager – API

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About the role

  • Engineering Manager leading an API team at Craver, focusing on technical leadership and people development within a remote-first company.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute daily to the codebase — designing, building, and implementing complex backend features and infrastructure
  • Drive E2E ownership of the team's technical deliverables and epics
  • Make architecture and API design decisions with scalability, maintainability, and long-term business impact in mind
  • Apply advanced patterns including SOLID, DDD, and Hexagonal Architecture to build loosely coupled, low-dependency systems
  • Champion test-driven development and high code quality standards across all team output
  • Own and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment practices, and release management
  • Empower senior ICs to own architectural decisions; act as a facilitator and tie-breaker rather than the default technical authority
  • Scope epics from scratch with stakeholders and create epic-level acceptance criteria
  • Contribute meaningfully to roadmapping through technical guidance, estimation, and identifying solutions
  • Keep the team focused on high-priority work — go deeper rather than broader, and actively manage WIP
  • Interface with other teams to manage dependencies and ensure backend services meet their needs
  • Anticipate scalability bottlenecks and advocate for infrastructure investments before they become problems
  • Lead team ceremonies: standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos
  • Mentor engineers at all levels with tailored coaching on technical excellence, professional growth, and effective work habits
  • Own performance management: goal-setting, performance reviews, growth plans, and difficult conversations
  • Conduct regular 1:1s focused on career development, blockers, and wellbeing
  • Create psychological safety — an environment where team members feel safe to take risks, make mistakes, and speak up
  • Ensure the team delivers reliably with consistent throughput and ambitious but achievable commitments
  • Participate in hiring: define standards, conduct interviews, and contribute to onboarding
  • Assume responsibility for the health, reliability, and maintainability of backend systems
  • Lead incident response and implement solutions that minimize blast radius
  • Review and improve RCAs, ensuring systematic corrective actions are implemented
  • Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual work and operational burden

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional software development experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading a team, whether formally or through tech lead responsibilities
  • Strong background in software engineering and computer science fundamentals
  • Expertise in Java/Spring or equivalent backend frameworks
  • Experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture
  • Excellence in communication both verbal and written.

Benefits

  • Close-knit team practicing empathy, compassion, and mutual support
  • Remote-first, hybrid environment with Downtown Vancouver office
  • Flexible hours — we value contribution and output
  • Professional development support including training and conferences
  • Generous benefits including prescription drug coverage, massage, and dental
  • Stock option plan — participate in our success
  • On-call rotation with strong operational support

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

CA$100,000 - CA$160,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CloudJavaMicroservicesSpring

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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