Engineering Manager

Plusgrade; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP Matching

Health Plans

Flexible PTO

Travel Experience Perk

Wellness Perk

Commuter Perk

Work From Anywhere Program

Parental Leave Top Up

Learning Allowance

Job summary

Plusgrade is seeking an Engineering Manager to own three high-throughput teams building AWS-based SaaS with a focus on AI-assisted delivery, microservices, and scalable architectures. You will mentor engineers, shape the tech roadmap, and drive performance reviews in a hybrid CAN-focused schedule in Montreal and Toronto.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of multiple engineering teams delivering high-availability SaaS on AWS.
• Experience coaching engineers, recruiting top talent, and conducting performance reviews.
• Strong communication skills in English and French.
• Experience shaping technology roadmaps and microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead three backend/frontend teams delivering high-availability SaaS on AWS.
• Shape the technology roadmap and drive CI/CD improvements.
• Balance architectural strategy with delivery via AI-assisted workflows.
• Foster ownership culture, performance reviews, and fair feedback.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

AWS cloud architecture

Leadership

Coaching engineers

AI-assisted delivery

Java

Spring Boot

Communication (EN/FR)

Tools

Docker

Datadog

CloudWatch

CI/CD tooling

AI-assisted tooling

Job description

## Engineering ManagerApply: Hybrid: CAN - Montreal: CAN - Toronto: Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: JR100178**Employment Type:** Permanent **Job Description:****Engineering Manager***Take ownership of three high-throughput engineering teams that power critical travel infrastructure, with full autonomy to elevate software practices and grow top talent.* **What You'll Be Doing**You will directly lead three teams of backend and frontend engineers delivering high-availability SaaS applications on AWS that handle massive partner volume. Working closely with product leaders, you will shape the technology roadmap, elevate microservices architecture, and drive continuous improvements across CI/CD and automated testing. Your teams will operate within an AI-assisted delivery model, leveraging automated incident response, intelligent monitoring, and AI-powered workflows to ship safer and faster. Day to day, you will blend strategic vision, technical judgment, and servant leadership to build resilient, self-organizing engineering teams. **The Stack**AWS · Java 17+ · Spring Boot · Microservices · Docker · Datadog · CloudWatch **What You Bring*** You bring a deep technical foundation in distributed systems, microservices, and AWS cloud architecture, paired with proven experience managing and leading engineering teams.* You excel at coaching engineers, recruiting top talent, giving timely feedback, and running fair performance reviews while building a culture of ownership.* You have structurally changed how your teams build software around AI, setting up shared AI-assisted systems and delivery patterns that measurably raise execution speed without lowering quality.* You comfortably explain complex architecture concepts, advise on technical strategy, and balance competing priorities through clear delegation.* You bring exceptional written and oral communication skills in both English and French. **Why Plusgrade**Travel is about the moments that make a journey feel personal. At Plusgrade, we build the technology that makes those moments possible, from upgrade offers and loyalty experiences to revenue tools used by 575+ airline, hospitality, cruise, rail, and financial services partners worldwide.The work is global, complex, and rewarding. You will solve meaningful problems, take ownership from idea to outcome, and work alongside people who are smart, curious, and committed to doing great work.We also give our teams access to AI tools and the encouragement to use them thoughtfully, to move faster, explore ideas, and build better ways of working.We trust our teams to do their best work. That means autonomy, flexibility, and room to grow.Come help us shape the future of travel. **What You'll Love About Us** RRSP Matching · Comprehensive Health Plans · Flexible Paid Time Off · Travel Experience Perk · Annual Wellness Perk · Commuter Perk · Tenure-Based Work From Anywhere Program · Parental Leave Top Up · Adventure Pass · Learning Allowance **Our Process**We believe every candidate deserves a fair, transparent experience, so regardless of outcome, everyone gets feedback.Our process: Recruiter call → Hiring Manager interview → Team Interview→Final interview. Plusgrade is an equal-opportunity employer committed to accessible recruitment. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request. We may use AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess applicants for this role. This posting is for an existing vacancy.