TaxValet is looking for an Engineering Manager who thrives in a player/coach role, blending hands-on technical contribution with team leadership. You will be responsible for building strong teams, guiding technical productivity, and delivering high-impact results.
What You'll Do
- Be accountable for the team's impact; guide the team to achieve a high level of technical productivity and reliability.
- Foster a healthy, results-oriented, and collaborative culture.
- Represent the team in engineering organization-wide planning, initiatives, and processes.
- Work with Product Managers and Designers to develop the technical roadmap and problem-solving approach.
- Set the direction for your team collaboratively, establishing objectives aligned with company goals.
- Participate in sourcing, screening, hiring, growing, and retaining talent.
- Contribute to the codebase and review direct reports' pull requests.
- Contribute to the architecture and design of the system as a whole.
- Grow and mentor direct reports through continual collaboration and feedback.
- Contribute to growing the culture of the organization.
- Fill in as tech lead if a situation demands it.
- Take on ownership of system(s) within the platform.
What We're Looking For
- You are a software engineer as well as a personnel manager or team lead with hands-on experience leading 5 or more engineers.
- You have led development projects and have also created the space and opportunity for other people to become leaders.
- You have worked with various stakeholders outside of engineering to build projects.
- You have worked in fast paced environments where you had to make decisions quickly under conflicting constraints.
- You have deep experience with system design and general purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, Go, Java, Typescript).
- You have a track record of successfully delivering complex projects for web applications and services.
- You are able to work in different technical systems and concerns alongside other stakeholders.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive base salary and equity opportunities.
- Performance-based bonus program and regular compensation reviews.
- Learning programs, mentorship, and professional development funding.
- Regular performance feedback and reviews.
- Reimbursement for office setup expenses.
- Flexibility to work from home or from the office.
- Paid parental leave for all new parents.
Work Mode
This role is based in Canada (local-country).
TaxValet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. Our employees share a passion for improving people's lives.
