Remote Engineering Manager - Platform & Distributed Systems

Kin Insurance; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing digital insurer is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team in driving innovation in product development. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of software development experience, strong leadership skills, and a background in building distributed systems. Responsibilities include managing a team, collaborating with product management, and ensuring high-quality technical delivery. This role is essential for developing reliable systems in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits program

Flexible remote work policy

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience with strong computer science fundamentals.
• Proven leadership experience managing or leading a team of engineers.
• Ability to design systems with clear service ownership and modularity.

Responsibilities

• Guide a full-stack team across front-end and back-end systems.
• Manage, mentor, and coach a small team of talented engineers.
• Collaborate with Product Management to define and maintain your team's roadmap.

Skills

Hands-on software development

Leadership

Building distributed systems

API-first design

Communication

Agility in development

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

OpenAPI/Swagger

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

A growing digital insurer is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team in driving innovation in product development. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of software development experience, strong leadership skills, and a background in building distributed systems. Responsibilities include managing a team, collaborating with product management, and ensuring high-quality technical delivery. This role is essential for developing reliable systems in a fast-paced environment.