Engineering Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead the Burnaby engineering office as its visible, accountable on-site engineering authority.
• Own delivery and technical quality across growth engineering, pricing, experimentation, conversion, monetization, data science, and reframing systems.
• Lead and develop an approximately 10-person engineering team spanning growth engineering, B2B/enterprise delivery, DevOps/SRE, data engineering, and production- and data-sensitive systems.
• Set engineering standards, operating cadence, and expectations for an in-person, high-performance culture.
• Recruit, mentor, promote, and manage performance; develop the next generation of technical leaders.
• Build an AI-native engineering culture using AI agents in daily engineering workflows.
• Review designs, challenge architecture, unblock complex technical problems, and remain engaged with code and system design.
• Support platform/SRE, security, and B2B engineers through influence without direct reporting authority.
• Help ensure consistent standards for sign-on, PII, production access, and infrastructure security.
• Partner with engineering teams and leadership in Mountain View, Shanghai, and Chengdu, and with product and CX teams in Burnaby.
• Represent the Vancouver-area engineering organization in company-level decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years building software.
• 3+ years managing engineers.
• Experience turning around an engineering team and improving its performance.
• Experience coaching and developing engineers, including making difficult performance decisions.
• Ability to engage deeply in architecture and code-level technical discussions.
• Experience owning business or operational metrics such as conversion, pricing, revenue, reliability, or cost.
• Experience influencing and supporting engineers who do not report directly to you.
• Startup experience, preferably in AI or video.
• Willingness to work on-site in Burnaby five days per week.
• Comfort with rapid iteration, ambiguity, high intensity, and end-to-end reliability and security ownership.

Nice-to-haves

• Growth engineering experience involving experimentation, conversion, or monetization.
• Enterprise or B2B engineering experience, including customer-facing delivery, integrations, or security reviews.
• Experience with security and compliance for PII-heavy systems, including SOC 2, access control, or data governance.
• Background in creator tools, video, or the creator economy.
• Experience growing an organization or site from a similar size to two or three times its size.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: CAD 230,000–350,000 annually.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Equipment, software, and office furniture budget, including a MacBook, 4K monitor, and standing desk.
• Access to the latest technologies and tools.
• Free lunch and on-site snacks and beverages.
• Free parking.
• Visa sponsorship available subject to eligibility.