Engineering Manager - Web Experience

Working Nomads; Canada; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company based in Canada is seeking a Development Manager to lead the technical vision for their web platform. You will oversee a small team while focusing on creating performant and scalable web experiences. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of web development experience and strong leadership skills. This role requires making architectural decisions that balance short-term and long-term technical goals. Your ability to collaborate across various teams will be crucial to the success of our projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in web development focused on customer-facing properties.
• 2+ years of experience in leading development teams in agile environments.
• Strong understanding of modern web technologies and architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision and execution for Dropbox's web experiences.
• Ensure scalability, performance, and accessibility of web properties.
• Manage and grow a high-impact development team.

Skills

Web development

Team leadership

Collaboration

Architectural decision-making

Accessibility

SEO understanding

Tools

CMS platforms (e.g., Webflow, AEM)

Experimentation frameworks

Analytics tools

Job description

As the Development Manager for Dropbox’s web platform, you will be the strategic technical lead for the Dropbox web experience. Dropbox.com serves as the front door to our brand story and positioning, and you will play a key role in overseeing the development of modern, scalable web technologies that support customer‑centric experiences.

You’ll shape the architecture, systems, and workflows that power our logged‑out web experiences, building solutions that are performant, accessible, and adaptable to evolving business needs. Leading a focused web development team with broad strategic reach, you’ll oversee front‑end systems, tooling, and infrastructure, bringing a mix of technical expertise, strategic systems thinking, hands‑on leadership, and a collaborative mindset to drive web modernization and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision, architecture, and execution for Dropbox.com and other logged‑out web experiences, ensuring scalability, performance, accessibility, and maintainability
• Make strategic architectural decisions for a complex, high‑visibility web property, balancing short‑term delivery needs with long‑term sustainability
• Partner closely with cross‑functional partners across Product, Design, Engineering, Data Science, and broader marketing teams, to deliver cohesive, high‑impact experiences that align with business objectives and user needs
• Oversee implementation and adoption of design systems, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across the logged‑out experience
• Drive operational excellence by defining best practices, optimizing workflows, and introducing tooling that accelerates development without sacrificing quality
• Manage, mentor, and grow a small but high‑impact development team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration
• Navigate nuance and ambiguity with confidence, guiding the team and stakeholders through complex challenges and competing priorities

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in web development, with a focus on building and scaling modern, customer‑facing web properties
• 2+ years of experience leading and managing high‑performing development or engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management in agile environments
• Comfortable with coding day‑to‑day as needed
• Proven ability to make architectural decisions for complex web ecosystems, integrating multiple systems and technologies, and clearly communicating those decisions to stakeholders to demonstrate the business value of technical investments
• Experience implementing and scaling design systems within a large, cross‑functional organization
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience partnering across Product, Design, Marketing, Brand, and Data Science
• Demonstrated ability to lead in high‑ambiguity environments and make sound decisions that balance technical trade‑offs with business priorities
• Deep understanding of accessibility, SEO, localization, performance optimization, and security best practices for web experiences, with familiarity in CMS platforms (e.g., Webflow, AEM), experimentation frameworks, and analytics tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading development for large‑scale marketing or growth‑focused websites in a SaaS environment with both PLG and SLG motions
• Experience with advanced experimentation and personalization frameworks integrated into a CMS‑driven environment
• Strong product intuition and the ability to translate brand and marketing goals into technical requirements and execution plans
• Comfort presenting technical trade‑offs and architectural recommendations to non‑technical stakeholders, including senior leadership