Senior Manager Software Engineering

Magna International Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 206,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Job summary

Magna New Mobility is hiring a Senior Manager of Software Development to lead the Core Platform organization, responsible for foundational services, infrastructure, data architecture, APIs, and platform scalability across all Unified Factory applications.

You will build and guide multiple engineering teams, own uptime and security, and collaborate with Product, Deployment, and Customer Success to align a scalable SaaS roadmap while meeting GDPR and global compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Master's Degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years leading managers of engineers.
• Experience owning large-scale distributed systems or platform organizations.
• Experience operating cloud-native systems (AWS preferred).
• Strong experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and DevOps best practices.
• Experience leading IoT-connected systems or industrial automation platforms.
• Experience scaling SaaS products across global enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

• Define and own long-term technical strategy for the Core Platform.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and security across multi-plant global deployments.
• Lead architecture decisions across distributed systems, IoT, data pipelines, and APIs.
• Set platform standards for observability and infrastructure automation.
• Partner with Product and Hardware teams to enable rapid development on shared services.
• Build and lead engineering teams; hire, develop, and coach leaders.
• Own uptime, performance SLAs, security posture, and deployment velocity.
• Drive KPIs around reliability, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Communicate strategy to VP-level stakeholders; align platform roadmap with business priorities.
• Drive multi-year technical roadmap and reduce duplication with shared services.
• Prepare for external commercialization and SaaS scalability.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree preferred

12+ years of software engineering experience

2+ years leading managers of engineers

Experience owning large-scale distributed systems or platform organizations

Cloud-native systems (AWS preferred)

APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, DevOps

IoT-connected systems or industrial automation platforms

SaaS scalability for global enterprise customers

Tools

AWS

Job description

Les descriptions de poste peuvent s'afficher en plusieurs langues en fonction de votre sélection de langue. What we offer: At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Magna New Mobility is a business unit inside Magna International leveraging Magna’s technology building blocks, developing new capabilities, and entering new markets and use cases. Our products include advanced solutions for urban markets, industrial intralogistics, commercial and autonomous vehicles. Magna New Mobility is also creating advanced software solutions that integrate with next-generation hardware. Our software is a core driver - turning our hardware into smart, integrated platforms for partners eager to advance the mobility sector. Magna's New Mobility group is not just about building individual technologies; we aim to create integrated solutions that address the complex challenges of moving people efficiently and cost effectively in the 21st century. Join us in advancing and shaping the future of mobility.

Job Responsibilities:

Magna New Mobility is building the Unified Factory Platform, a scalable, cloud-native software ecosystem powering manufacturing applications across 120+ global plants. We are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Development to lead the Core Platform organization responsible for foundational services, infrastructure, data architecture, APIs, and platform scalability across all Unified Factory applications. This is a senior technical leadership role accountable for long-term platform architecture, engineering excellence, organizational development, and operational performance at enterprise scale.

What you will be doing in this role:

Technical Vision & Architecture Define and own the long-term technical strategy. Ensure scalability, reliability, and security across multi-plant global deployments. Drive architecture decisions across distributed systems, IoT integration, event-driven services, and data pipelines. Establish platform standards for APIs, observability, and infrastructure automation. Partner with Product and Hardware teams to enable rapid application development on shared services.

Organizational Leadership: Build and lead multiple engineering teams (managers and individual contributors). Hire, develop, and coach engineering leaders. Create mechanisms for high-quality execution, strong design reviews, and operational rigor. Set a high bar for engineering talent and performance management.

Operational Excellence: Own uptime, performance SLAs, security posture, and deployment velocity. Drive root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions. Implement measurable KPIs around reliability, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency. Lead through metrics and establish data-driven decision making.

Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with Product, Deployment, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership to align platform roadmap with business priorities. Communicate technical strategy to VP-level stakeholders. Influence hardware integration standards (AMR, forklift IoT, PLC systems). Ensure GDPR and global compliance requirements are met across regions.

Long-Term Platform Strategy: Drive multi-year technical roadmap aligned to business plan growth trajectory. Reduce duplication across application(s) through shared services. Design for external commercialization and SaaS scalability.

What you should bring to this role:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field required, Masters Degree preferred 12+ years of experience in software engineering required 2+ years leading managers of engineers preferred Experience owning large-scale distributed systems or platform organizations required Demonstrated ability to define and execute multi-year technical strategy required Experience operating cloud-native systems (AWS preferred) required Strong experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and DevOps best practices required Experience leading IoT-connected systems or industrial automation platforms Experience scaling SaaS products across global enterprise customers Background in high-availability systems with real-time constraints Strong understanding of data architecture and analytics platforms Experience influencing executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Hiring Base Salary Range: $145,000 - $185,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data). In addition to base salary, some positions are eligible for an annual performance based bonus.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment: At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

Divulgation de la présélection assistée par l’IA Dans le cadre de notre engagement en faveur d’un processus de recrutement équitable, cohérent et efficace, nous pouvons utiliser des outils d’intelligence artificielle (IA) pour nous assister lors de la présélection initiale des candidatures soumises via notre système Workday. Ces outils aident à identifier les qualifications et l’expérience correspondant aux exigences du poste. Veuillez noter que l’IA est utilisée uniquement pour accompagner nos recruteurs. Les décisions finales sont toujours prises par le responsable du recrutement et l’équipe de recrutement. Il est important de préciser qu’aucune donnée de candidat n’est partagée à l’extérieur via ces outils d’IA. Toutes les informations restent sécurisées au sein de nos systèmes et sont traitées conformément à nos politiques de confidentialité et de protection des données. Dans les conditions prévues par la législation applicable, vous pouvez avoir le droit de demander une explication sur la manière dont l’IA est utilisée pour appuyer la prise de décision. Si vous avez des questions ou des préoccupations concernant ce processus, n’hésitez pas à contacter notre équipe Talent Attraction.

Worker Type: Régulier/permanent

Group: Magna Corporate

Nous voyons un avenir où tout le monde peut vivre et se déplacer sans limites. C’est pourquoi nous développons des technologies, des systèmes et des concepts qui rendent les véhicules plus sûrs et plus propres, tout en servant nos communautés, la planète et, surtout, les gens. Dans le bon environnement, vos idées peuvent se transformer en technologies automobiles révolutionnaires et améliorer la vie des gens dans le monde entier. Créons ensemble l’avenir de la mobilité.

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