Engineering Manager

Finite State; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A security-focused technology company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team. In this role, you will guide engineers and handle complex tech challenges, balancing speed and safety within a secure environment. Ideal candidates have extensive engineering experience, particularly in modern backend technologies and cloud-native infrastructure, and enjoy fostering a culture of development and autonomy. Competitive compensation and a remote-first culture are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity

Benefits

Remote-first culture

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience.
• At least 2+ years managing developers.
• Experience in cloud-native or security-sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team.
• Own delivery of complex features and systems across the stack.
• Drive architecture decisions in collaboration with Staff+ engineers.

Skills

Leadership and mentoring

Technical excellence

Backend technologies

Cloud-native environments

Effective communication

Distributed teams

Tools

Python

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Overview

Finite State partners with product security teams to protect the software supply chain and connected devices across industries. We are a remote-first, fast-growing company with a distributed workforce, focused on providing actionable vulnerability data and remediation guidance to mitigate product risk.

Location: US and Canada

The Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager who thrives at the intersection of technical depth, people leadership, and product execution. You’ll lead a distributed team of engineers building core infrastructure and customer-facing features for our software supply chain security platform. This isn’t a pure people-management role—you’ll stay close to the code, architecture, and delivery, guiding engineers through ambiguity, scaling systems, and fostering a culture of autonomy, ownership, and growth.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team (5–8 engineers), driving execution and technical excellence
• Own delivery of complex features and systems across the stack—backend, infrastructure, and security
• Drive architecture decisions and technical direction in collaboration with Staff+ engineers and Product
• Champion reliability, scalability, and performance across our platform and tooling
• Partner with cross-functional leaders in Product, Security, and Design to build secure, user-centric solutions
• Help engineers navigate trade-offs between speed and safety in a regulated, security-conscious environment
• Contribute to hands-on design reviews, technical spikes, and occasional code contributions
• Foster a team culture grounded in psychological safety, continuous learning, and engineering rigor
• Have 5+ years of engineering experience with at least 2+ years managing developers in high-trust teams
• Bring technical depth in modern back-end technologies (e.g., Python, Go, Java, TypeScript) and infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Docker, K8s, CI/CD)
• Have worked in cloud-native or security-sensitive environments, ideally in enterprise, SaaS, or developer tooling
• Balance shipping fast with building resilient systems
• Deep familiarity with software quality practices, including automated testing and observability
• Communicate effectively with both engineers and business outcomes
• Thrive in distributed teams with excellent async communication
• Experience leading teams that use or build with AI/ML, LLMs, or developer AI tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot) is a strong plus

Why Finite State?

• Mission-driven team protecting the software that runs the physical world
• Remote-first, async-friendly culture built for deep work and autonomy
• Technically rigorous environment with engineers you’ll learn from
• Collaborative team that ships impactful, secure, production-ready code
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits

Our Stack

We work primarily in Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS, and Terraform. Experience with these is a bonus but not required.

Our Commitment

Finite State is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on protected characteristics and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

We believe hiring is a two-way door. Our process includes technical discussions and real-world problem solving with space for you to ask questions. No leetcode, just thoughtful, relevant conversations.