Engineering Manager

Plusgrade; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Plans

Flexible Paid Time Off

Travel Experience Perk

Annual Wellness Perk

Commuter Perk

Tenure-Based Work From Anywhere

Parental Leave Top Up

Adventure Pass

Learning Allowance

Job summary

Plusgrade is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead three high‑throughput engineering teams powering critical travel infrastructure on AWS. You will drive the technology roadmap, scale microservices, and raise software practices with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will coach engineers, recruit top talent, run performance reviews, and foster a culture of ownership. Strong English and French communication will help you excel in a global, autonomous environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple high‑throughput backend systems.
• Proven ability to shape technology roadmaps and drive delivery.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and performance‑review capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead three engineering teams delivering high‑availability SaaS on AWS.
• Shape technology roadmap and elevate microservices architecture.
• Drive CI/CD improvements and automated testing; promote AI-assisted workflows.

Skills

Distributed systems

AWS cloud architecture

Coaching engineers

Team leadership

Technical strategy

English & French

Tools

AWS

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Microservices

Docker

Datadog

CloudWatch

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.

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.