Engineering Manager - Payments
Canada, Remote /
Development /
Full-time
/ Remote
We are looking for highly driven engineering leaders to join our growing team at Northern Labs. At the manager and director level we’re looking for people that specialize in one or more of Blockchain, Frontend, Backend and QA Automation. At Northern Labs we believe that in order to manage technical teams, you need to be technical yourself so we don’t split the role of Tech Lead from Manager. And Managers are hands on.
Engineering Managers work in concert with the product manager and product designer to guide software projects to success. Some days this will mean collaborating with engineers to make sure systems are being built well and nothing is falling through the cracks. Other days you will communicate complex technical suggestions or constraints to stakeholders and designers. Success in this role is measured by developers who feel fulfilled and empowered to succeed, by project stakeholders who are informed and in control, and by the smooth delivery of world class software products.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Serve as the voice of the developers. Understand the needs of each team (frontend, backend, blockchain, DevOps, etc) and represent those needs to leadership, stakeholders, and to each other.
- Think through design documents, vision-holder input, and other feature proposals with an eye for technical feasibility. Resolve corner cases and ambiguities through constructive debate. Solve problems before they happen.
- Work with PMs to task work and track progress toward milestones and product releases.
- “Be the hero.” Find problems and get them fixed through coordination, collaboration, and occasionally rolling up your sleeves and resolving things yourself when needed.
- Set a positive example. Share your wisdom and experience when team members need guidance or coaching. Foster a culture of humility, empowerment, and trust.
- Assist in recruiting. Review applications and conduct interviews with technical candidates.
- Hold routine 1-on-1 meetings with team members ensuring you are giving consistent feedback on performance.
- Author and maintain technical design documentation and diagrams.
WHO YOU ARE
- Outstanding communication skills. Able to earn the respect of programmers as well as fellow managers and external partners.
- Ambition, eagerness to learn, a positive attitude, and the ability to work well in a team environment.
- At least 3 years experience leading developers.
- At least 2 years of hands-on senior level engineering experience in software, web development, or a related field.
- At least 1 project launched.
- Practical knowledge of systems architecture and the software development lifecycle.
BONUS IF YOU HAVE
- Experience with product design and human interface best practices.
- Knowledge of blockchain, distributed ledger technology, or distributed computing.
- Professional game development experience.
- Experience leading remote or distributed teams.
- Skill with UI design software (Sketch, Figma, Omnigraffle, etc).
Northern Labs is on a mission to lower the barrier to entrepreneurship in Canada and help companies grow to massive scale. As a Venture Studio, we use our deep technology expertise, capital and vast network to assist founders in turning ideas into viable companies. In addition, we partner with top tier venture backed startups to build out highly scalable, enterprise grade products and platforms.
We specialize in Blockchain, Fintech, Marketplaces, Analytics and Gaming and bring the expertise from building and scaling some of the best companies in the portfolios of Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, GGV Capital and Altos Ventures.
A major advantage of working for a venture studio is diversified risk. You will have the opportunity to work on multiple products and startups, and you are not playing the startup lottery, hoping that the one startup you join will be one of the < 1% to give employees a positive exit.
