Software Engineering Manager

Auxo | Growth Partner; Canada; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI firm in Canada is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to drive technical direction and support the development of automation products. The role involves leading a team, designing scalable systems, and mentoring engineers while fostering a culture of high-quality engineering. Candidates should have strong experience with Python and React TypeScript.

Qualifications

• 8 to 12 years of software development experience.
• 3 to 5 years of experience leading small engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and React TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and development across a Python and React TypeScript stack.
• Contribute directly to core platform modules including ingestion pipelines and workflow engines.
• Mentor and coach engineers through pairing and structured feedback.

Skills

Python

React TypeScript

Clean architecture

Agile methodologies

Technical judgment

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Auxo is hiring a Software Engineering Manager for an early stage AI company building automation products for back office and financial operations.

You will help them move from 0 to 1 by owning technical direction, contributing hands on with code, and establishing the engineering standards that will support multiple AI powered products as the team scales.

What You’ll Do

• Lead architecture, design, and development across a Python and React TypeScript stack.
• Contribute directly to core platform modules including ingestion pipelines, workflow engines, retrieval systems, and enterprise integrations.
• Build internal frameworks and reusable components that support multiple AI agents and products.
• Drive major technical decisions and ensure systems are designed for scale, maintainability, and long term clarity.
• Mentor and coach engineers through pairing, reviews, and structured feedback.
• Establish engineering rituals, delivery practices, and predictable execution across the team.
• Partner with Product to define roadmap, scope projects, and sequence technical work.
• Introduce and maintain best practices for AI engineering, including prompts, retrieval design, model evaluation, and safety.
• Foster a culture of ownership, simplicity, and high quality engineering.

Who You Are

• 8 to 12 years of experience in software development with 3 to 5 years leading small engineering teams in an early stage environment.
• Strong hands on background in Python and React TypeScript.
• Experience building platforms, internal tools, or multi tenant architectures.
• Proven experience applying clean architecture and scalable design patterns.
• Hands on exposure to LLMs, retrieval pipelines, vector databases, or agent based workflows.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to balance speed, simplicity, and long term maintainability.
• Comfortable working in a 0 to 1 environment with evolving requirements and high ownership.
• Excellent communicator who brings clarity to ambiguity and aligns teams around strong technical direction.

Nice to Have

• Experience with domain driven design or schema driven development.
• Exposure to AWS or GCP cloud environments.
• Experience building automation products, workflow engines, or internal developer platforms.
• Prior startup or SaaS experience.

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