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Manager, Software Engineering (Resilience Engineering)

3 hours, 10 minutes ago
Canada
Full-time
Lead
Engineering Manager
Software Development
AWS Java Kotlin Kubernetes Python
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Description

  • Define and drive the resilience engineering vision, with production load testing and chaos engineering as core practices.
  • Lead and mentor engineers building platforms and tooling for safe production experimentation.
  • Partner with infrastructure, product, and security leaders to embed resilience validation into the development lifecycle.
  • Own the design and evolution of platforms for controlled production load testing and fault injection.
  • Implement safeguards such as isolation boundaries, approval workflows, and automated rollback mechanisms.
  • Build observability, traceability, and auditability into resilience experimentation systems.
  • Work with engineering teams to plan and execute safe production load tests and chaos experiments.
  • Partner with infrastructure teams to establish guardrails around tests and experimentation.
  • Enable adoption of resilience practices through reusable tooling, frameworks, and standardized workflows.
  • Identify systemic weaknesses and drive cross-functional reliability and fault-tolerance improvements.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading engineering teams in reliability, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience with production load testing, chaos engineering, or large-scale system validation.
  • Experience using a chaos engineering vendor such as Gremlin, Harness, or similar tools.
  • Strong understanding of distributed system failure modes, including latency, partial failure, and cascading outages.
  • Experience building or operating systems with strong safety guarantees, including isolation, rate limiting, guardrails, and auditability.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native environments such as AWS and Kubernetes, plus observability tooling.
  • Strong programming background in Python, Kotlin, Java, or similar languages.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to balance long-term resilience work with immediate business needs.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills with a track record of influencing engineering practices across teams.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work environment with the ability to work almost anywhere within the country of employment.
  • Base salary range of CAD $178,000 to CAD $228,000 per year.
  • Equity rewards may be available as part of the total compensation package.
  • 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family-forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday time off.
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with shares available at a discount.

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