Founding Engineering Manager
Lead engineering team, hire for Toronto site, drive technical strategy and architecture for AI agent platform. Requires 8+ years experience, hands-on coding, system design expertise, and scaling large systems.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead complex projects and make architectural decisions affecting the entire platform.
- Hire and lead an elite engineering team at the Toronto site.
- Drive technical initiatives including system architecture design, solving hard technical problems, technical strategy, and engineering quality standards.
- Mentor engineers and work across team boundaries.
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience with track record of leading complex projects.
- Experience hiring teams from scratch.
- Strong opinions on system design with ability to articulate tradeoffs.
- Ability to turn vague problems into clear technical approaches.
- Write excellent code and maintain high standards.
- Comfortable with hard problems, uncertainty, and hands-on coding.
- Experience building scalable systems.
Tech Stack
Backend: Python (Django/FastAPI), TypeScript (Node.js) Infrastructure: AWS, Modal, Kubernetes, Postgres Frontend: TypeScript, Next.js
Perks & Benefits
- Generous salary and equity
- Commuter and meal benefits
- Country-specific medical, dental, and vision coverage
Skills
Python, Django, FastAPI, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, Next.js, Modal
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