Software Engineering Manager - Select by DoiT

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

This role offers the opportunity to lead a talented engineering team building and scaling a modern cloud cost management platform.
You will shape technical strategy, influence product direction, and help create engineering practices that enable teams to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently.
Working closely with engineering, product, design, and leadership teams, you will drive execution while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
The position combines hands-on technical leadership, people management, and platform thinking within a fast-growing technology environment.
You will play a key role in evolving AI-powered and cloud-native capabilities while improving reliability, scalability, and customer impact.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced engineering leader who enjoys building strong teams and solving complex technical challenges.

Accountabilities:

The Software Engineering Manager will lead the engineering team responsible for developing and scaling a cloud cost management platform, ensuring technical excellence, effective execution, and strong team development.

• Own the engineering roadmap and technical strategy, helping prioritize initiatives that improve product capabilities, scalability, and customer value.
• Partner with engineers to design reliable, maintainable, and scalable solutions across application, data platforms, and infrastructure.
• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and engineering decisions while balancing speed, quality, scalability, and long-term business needs.
• Drive engineering best practices around code quality, testing, observability, reliability, documentation, and operational maturity.
• Provide technical guidance across modern technologies including backend systems, data platforms, cloud-native services, and related engineering tools.
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineers through coaching, feedback, career planning, and performance management.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning within the engineering organization.
• Partner with recruiting teams and leadership to attract, evaluate, and hire exceptional engineering talent.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Sales, and executive stakeholders to align technical execution with business priorities.
• Improve engineering processes, delivery practices, and team effectiveness while identifying risks and removing operational blockers.
• Champion reliability, incident response improvements, experimentation, and continuous optimization across engineering initiatives.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a strong technical background, proven people management skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced technology environment.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
• 2+ years of experience managing or leading software engineering teams.
• Strong background in backend engineering, data modeling, and data-intensive applications.
• Experience working with technologies such as Python, FastAPI, Postgres, dbt, Dagster, Snowflake, or similar modern platforms.
• Ability to guide architectural decisions and influence technical direction without being the primary individual contributor.
• Experience partnering with Product and cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes.
• Strong understanding of software development practices, engineering processes, and scalable system design.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate with engineers, executives, and business stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in an ambiguous, rapidly changing, and highly collaborative environment.
• Strong leadership mindset with a focus on mentoring, team growth, and engineering excellence.

Nice-to-have experience:

• Experience building SaaS products in startup or high-growth environments.
• Background in FinOps, cloud cost management, cloud infrastructure, or data platform products.
• Experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams.
• Experience scaling teams, processes, and technology following rapid growth or organizational change.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package aligned with experience, skills, and qualifications.
• Flexible remote work environment.
• Opportunity to lead the evolution of a high-impact cloud technology platform.
• Ability to influence product strategy, technical direction, and engineering culture.
• Collaborative environment with experienced engineering, product, and business teams.
• Professional growth opportunities through leadership responsibilities and complex technical challenges.
• Opportunity to work with modern cloud, data, and AI-driven technologies.
• Inclusive workplace culture focused on ownership, growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement.