Engineering Manager - Core Infrastructure

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

This role offers the opportunity to lead an engineering team responsible for the foundational infrastructure behind highly scalable, business-critical systems. You will guide engineers in building reusable infrastructure platforms that enable development teams to move faster, securely and with confidence. The position combines people leadership with hands-on involvement in architecture, reliability, cloud strategy and platform engineering. You will help shape large-scale distributed systems across complex multi-cloud environments while driving operational efficiency and cloud cost optimization. The role also provides opportunities to influence engineering strategy beyond your immediate team and collaborate with teams across the organization. A strong focus on innovation, responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), experimentation and continuous improvement makes this an impactful environment for experienced infrastructure leaders.

Accountabilities

• Lead and develop a growing team of engineers focused on building reliable, scalable and high-quality core infrastructure platforms.
• Participate in the architecture and design of large-scale infrastructure services that support engineering teams and business-critical workloads.
• Review, provide feedback on and approve technical designs and architecture proposals developed by the team.
• Define and maintain standards for service deployments across complex, multi-cloud environments.
• Build and promote reusable infrastructure modules and internal developer platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to self-serve.
• Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives while balancing performance, reliability, operational efficiency and budget considerations.
• Own capacity planning, team planning, retrospectives and other operating rhythms that encourage collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Help shape and maintain the product and technical roadmap for core infrastructure capabilities.
• Facilitate technical learning through architecture discussions, proof-of-concept demonstrations, design sessions and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Manage on-call practices and support a strong culture of service reliability and operational ownership.
• Influence engineering strategy beyond the immediate team and act as a technical advisor to other engineering groups.
• Support a flexible and collaborative working environment through clear communication, effective planning and healthy work practices.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional industry experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering or a related technical field.
• 4+ years of experience managing engineering teams, including experience leading Senior Engineers.
• Strong experience with configuration management technologies such as Chef, Puppet, Salt or comparable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with provisioning and orchestration technologies such as Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, Temporal or similar platforms.
• Strong knowledge of immutable architecture, distributed systems design and large-scale infrastructure engineering.
• Professional software development experience with Python or Go, including design patterns, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience managing large-scale, business-critical Linux environments.
• Experience operating cloud infrastructure, with AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) preferred.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Chaos Engineering or comparable infrastructure resilience and reliability practices.
• Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps and GitOps principles, including Service Level Objective (SLO) management, error budgets and post-incident analysis.
• Experience building and managing reusable infrastructure modules and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
• Proven ability to use AI technologies to improve decision-making, streamline workflows, increase efficiency and support business outcomes.
• Experience working effectively with both local and distributed teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly.
• Confidence and independence combined with sound judgment about when to seek input, collaborate or escalate.
• Strong organizational and people-management skills, including experience overseeing on-call responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical and engineering strategy beyond your immediate area of responsibility.
• Ability to serve as a trusted technical consultant to other product and engineering teams.

Benefits

• Base salary of $150,000-$200,000 CAD per year for Canada-based employees.
• Variable or incentive compensation.
• Equity opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Physical and mental wellness programs.
• Competitive vacation and paid time off.
• Paid parental and adoption leave.
• Professional development opportunities available across levels and roles.
• Employee networks, geographic community groups and volunteering opportunities.
• Flexible working practices designed to support autonomy and work-life balance.
• Hybrid work expectations may apply for employees located close to designated office locations.
• Opportunities to work on large-scale infrastructure, cloud platforms and emerging AI technologies.
• A collaborative environment focused on innovation, experimentation and continuous improvement.
• Canadian employment with legal entitlement to work in Canada required.
• Candidates selected to advance may be subject to background checks, including criminal record, credit and/or reference checks.