Engineering Manager, Data Platform

League; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 135,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare technology company in Toronto is seeking a Manager of the Data Platform to lead data engineering teams and drive the technical vision. This role requires at least 5 years of experience in data engineering, a strong technical background in cloud platforms, and excellent leadership skills. The compensation range for this full-time position in Canada is CAD $135,100 - $202,000, exclusive of bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in technical leadership or management.
• 5+ years in data platform or data engineering.
• Experience in managing technical professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach engineering teams.
• Drive technical vision and strategy.
• Oversee secure and scalable data infrastructure.

Skills

Leadership

Data engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GCP

Airflow

Terraform

Job description

Overview

Founded in 2014, League is the leading healthcare consumer experience (CX) platform, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), reaching more than 63 million people around the world and delivering the highest level of personalization in the industry. Payers, providers, and consumer health partners build on League’s platform to deliver high-engagement healthcare solutions proven to improve health outcomes. League has raised over $285 million in venture capital funding to date, powering the digital experiences for some of healthcare’s most trusted brands, including Highmark Health, Manulife, Medibank, and Shoppers Drug Mart.

The Role

As a Manager of the Data Platform, you will lead a team of data engineers & business intelligence engineers in building and maintaining our data platform, which includes real-time microservices and a complex data warehouse. Stakeholders are internal and external and require high quality and robustness due to their business critical impact. You will define the technical roadmap and translate it into sprint-by-sprint plans, advocate for reliability and security, and foster technical excellence and continuous improvement. This role blends technical expertise, strategic thinking, and people leadership to deliver a secure and dependable experience for our users. You will work closely with product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into scalable and resilient platform solutions.

Meet the Team

There are two subgroups to be managed:

• A Data Platform Services group, which manages Terraform infrastructure for data and builds microservices used in production. Tech stack includes: Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Terraform, Dataflow, Cloud Healthcare API.
• A Data Platform Warehouse group, which manages classic ETL pipelines from sources like Mongo and Salesforce, powering internal dashboards and daily exports to customers. Tech Stack includes: Cloud Composer (Airflow), BigQuery, Looker.

In this role, you will

• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Data Engineering & Business Intelligence engineers, guiding career growth and technical best practices.
• Drive technical vision and strategy for the data platform, including architecture, tool selection, and process optimization.
• Oversee design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud data infrastructure.
• Ensure high-quality standards through code reviews, release processes, and monitoring system performance.
• Collaborate with engineering managers and senior leaders to align team goals with company objectives.
• Manage a roadmap, balance technical debt with new features, and report on team progress and impact.
• Be an active member of the on-call rotation to support League’s infrastructure and ensure system availability and integrity.

About You

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in a management or technical leadership role, leading engineering or data engineering teams.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in data platform or data engineering.
• Proven expertise in managing and mentoring a team of technical professionals.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in cloud providers (preferably GCP) and data pipelines (Airflow).
• Experience with CI/CD and automation in production environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate technical tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A passion for fostering a supportive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience in healthcare datasets like EMR and Claims and interoperability standards like FHIR.

Security-Related Responsibilities

• Compliance with Information Security Policies
• Compliance with League’s secure coding practices
• Ensure access management is performed in accordance with employees’ roles
• Responsibility and accountability for executing League's policies within the department/team
• Notification of HR, Legal, Compliance & Security of any incidents, breaches or policy violations

Canada Applicants

The Canada-specific compensation range below for this full-time position is exclusive of bonus, equity and benefits. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for base salaries for the position across all Canadian locations. The salary range accounts for performance and career progression in this role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific range during the hiring process.

Compensation range for Canada applicants only: $135,100 - $202,000 CAD

Our Application Process

• You should receive a confirmation email after submitting your application.
• A recruiter reviews all applications and may reach out to learn more about your goals and share team-specific interview process.
• The final step is an offer, which we hope you will accept.
• Prior to joining us, we conduct reference and background checks. Additional checks could be required for US candidates, depending on the role.

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