Director of Engineering

Clinia; Canada; Remote; CAD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity via global ESOP

4 weeks vacation plus summer hours

Group insurance from day one

Remote-friendly culture

Bonus for physical activities

High-performance equipment

Office dog therapy sessions

Team events and celebrations

Job summary

A tech-driven health company in Canada is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead an engineering team of 25. You will manage delivery, ensure platform reliability, and set engineering standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has experience in scaling engineering organizations and a strong background in software architecture and operational excellence. This position offers competitive compensation and a remote-friendly culture.

Qualifications

• Proven ownership of engineering operations including planning and team performance.
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams at scale.
• Deep understanding of platform reliability and software architecture.
• Comfort with autonomous decisions across execution processes.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering delivery across all teams establishing planning processes.
• Manage engineering team leads, focusing on performance and growth.
• Set engineering standards for quality and reliability.
• Ensure platform reliability including performance and security.
• Translate company priorities into engineering plans.

Skills

Leadership

Software architecture

Operational excellence

Team management

Direct feedback

Job description

Build the execution engine behind Clinia’s platform

At Clinia, we are building the search and data infrastructure that powers digital health platforms across North America.

The Director of Engineering is responsible for leading and operating an engineering organization of approximately 25 people through a layer of engineering team leads, ensuring reliable delivery, platform stability, security, and consistent execution across teams.

Reporting to the CTO, the role covers delivery across software engineering, data, and infrastructure. The CTO remains accountable for long-term technical vision and overall platform direction. This is an operational leadership role for someone comfortable running the engineering function, making concrete tradeoffs, and maintaining a high bar for execution in a growing environment.

What you will do

• Own engineering delivery across all teams by establishing clear planning processes, delivery metrics and operating cadence.
• Manage and develop engineering team leads, owning their performance, effectiveness, and growth through clear expectations, feedback and accountability.
• Set and enforce engineering standards across quality, reliability, documentation, and operational practices.
• Own the implementation and operationalization of platform architecture, tooling, and infrastructure, executing against the technical direction defined by the CTO while balancing delivery needs and system constraints.
• Review and contribute to production code when necessary to unblock teams, reinforce technical standards, or deeply understand platform realities, without becoming a day-to-day individual contributor.
• Ensure enterprise-grade platform reliability and operational excellence, including availability, performance, security, observability, incident response and capacity planning.
• Act as the primary escalation point for delivery, reliability, and resourcing issues, owning cross-team dependency management and tradeoffs.
• Translate company and product priorities into realistic engineering plans and commitments, partnering closely with Product leadership.

What we are looking for

We look for leaders who value clarity, ownership, and strong execution. People who hold high standards, give direct feedback, and build systems that enable teams to do their best work. At Clinia, we are building something that truly matters, and we want leaders who take that responsibility seriously.

We hope you also have:

• Proven ownership of the day-to-day operation of an engineering organization, including planning, delivery, reliability, and team performance.
• Experience leading and scaling an engineering organization with multiple teams and front-line engineering leads.
• Deep understanding of modern software architecture, platform reliability, and operational excellence at scale.
• Experience making autonomous decisions across hiring, tooling, and delivery processes and execution-level technical tradeoffs.
• Strong manager-of-managers leadership, coaching and holding leads accountable for delivery, performance, and team health.
• Comfort partnering closely with Product, Design, and executive leadership to align engineering execution with business goals.

Why You Will Love Working Here

💰 Equity via our global ESOP, you share in what you build

🌴 4 weeks vacation plus summer hours

🏥 Group insurance from day one

🌍 Remote-friendly culture means you can work from anywhere

🧑🤝🧑 Human first: whether it’s flexible schedules to fit life’s curveballs, a listening ear when challenges come up, or celebrating wins big and small, you’re more than just your role here

🏃 Movement matters: we believe in a balanced, active lifestyle. That’s why we offer a bonus ($) for every hour of physical activity you do. Hiking, yoga, climbing or whatever sport you do, we encourage you to keep moving at your own pace

💻 High-performance equipment including MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon

🐶 Office dog therapy sessions

🎉 Team events, 5@7s, and celebrations when we ship big

🌱 We are proudly B Corp certified and committed to building tools that actually make healthcare better

Let’s Build Something That Matters

This is an opportunity to build something from the ground up, with a team that moves fast, supports one another deeply, and cares about making a lasting impact in health.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now.

We care about motivation as much as qualifications. Please answer the pre-screening questions thoughtfully, incomplete applications will not be considered.

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Compensation: $180,000 - $200,000 CAD