Engineering Manager – Core Systems

Seesaw Learning

. Manage, coach, and develop a team of software engineers working on critical shared systems .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing software engineering teams focused on complex production systems, with a strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, and operational quality. Capable of translating technical and business goals into actionable engineering plans while fostering collaboration and accountability within the team.

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Team ManagementArchitectural DirectionDistributed Systems DesignTechnical Initiative DeliveryPeople Management

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringSystem DesignAPI DevelopmentBackend ServicesReliability EngineeringScalability SolutionsSecurity PracticesOperational QualityTechnical TradeoffsIncident Management

Soft Skills

CoachingClear CommunicationAccountabilityProblem SolvingAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

Observability ToolsCapacity Planning ToolsProduction Data Analysis

Industry Keywords

E-Verify ParticipationU.S. Work AuthorizationTechnical DebtCross-Team DependenciesOperational Simplicity

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage, coach, and develop a team of software engineers working on critical shared systems
Build a high-performing team with clear ownership, technical quality, collaboration, and delivery expectations
Partner with engineering leadership on hiring, organizational planning, and team capabilities
Lead foundational systems supporting Seesaw products and engineering organization
Establish architectural direction and make technical tradeoffs with senior and staff engineers
Ensure systems support reliability, scalability, security, maintainability, and operational simplicity
Balance existing-system improvements with longer-term architecture and platform investments
Reduce unnecessary complexity, operational burden, and recurring technical debt
Translate technical and business goals into executable engineering plans and incremental milestones
Establish ownership, priorities, success measures, and decision points
Identify execution risks and resolve cross-team dependencies and blockers
Build APIs, services, tools, and platform capabilities for product engineering teams
Partner with product engineering teams to identify pain points and shared solutions
Establish boundaries between platform and product-specific functionality
Use observability, incident management, capacity planning, and production data to improve reliability
Lead incident reviews and address systemic issues
Make pragmatic reliability and resilience decisions based on customer and business impact

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience managing software engineering teams responsible for complex production systems
Strong software engineering background and technical depth to participate meaningfully in architecture and system-design discussions
Experience designing, operating, or leading teams responsible for distributed systems, backend services, shared platforms, or similarly foundational technology
Track record of delivering significant technical initiatives involving multiple systems or engineering teams
Strong judgment about architectural investment versus simpler solutions
Experience building systems where reliability, scalability, security, and operational quality matter
Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Strong people-management skills, including coaching experienced engineers and creating clear accountability without micromanagement
Comfort operating amid ambiguity and meaningful technical tradeoffs
E-Verify participation may require applicable U.S. work authorization