Engineering Manager, Data Security & Automation — Hybrid

0000050007 royal bank canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Prospr, Sun Life's digital front door for Canadians, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a squad. You will balance hands-on engineering with people leadership, translate product requirements into executable work, and ensure delivery commitments are met with high quality.

You will manage developers, hire and develop talent, enforce engineering standards, and maintain a healthy squad culture while collaborating with Product and Design to drive business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with team leadership.
• Experience leading a single squad end-to-end and delivering with startup velocity.
• Proven ability to run team-level execution rituals (planning, sprint/flow management, dependencies, release coordination).
• Experience hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers.
• Technical credibility to guide design and implementation.
• Strong partnership with Product and Design to shape scope and communicate progress.

Responsibilities

• Lead sprint execution and delivery commitments with full accountability.
• Translate product requirements into clear engineering work.
• Directly manage developers—hiring, performance, growth, engagement, and career development.
• Enforce engineering standards and code quality within squad.
• Stay technically credible; code when needed and lead technical discussions.
• Build and maintain a healthy squad culture aligned with Accelerator principles.
• Remove blockers and manage dependencies with other squads, enterprise teams, and vendors.
• Own day-to-day delivery coordination with Product, Design, and other squads.
• Balance technical debt with feature delivery.
• Operate with startup velocity—fast iterations, continuous deployment, data-driven decisions.

Skills

People leadership

Sprint planning

Agile

Architecture discussions

Code reviews

Stakeholder management

Delivery coordination

Job description

Prospr, Sun Life's digital front door for Canadians, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a squad. You will balance hands-on engineering with people leadership, translate product requirements into executable work, and ensure delivery commitments are met with high quality.

You will manage developers, hire and develop talent, enforce engineering standards, and maintain a healthy squad culture while collaborating with Product and Design to drive business outcomes.