Head of Engineering

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

Position summary:

We need another Head of Engineering who likes owning a feature from the design doc all the way to the on-call rotation. This is a hands-on coding role on software used by a few hundred thousand people. Expect code review, design discussions and a fair amount of debugging. This is an in-person role at our Winnipeg location.

What you'll be doing:

• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.
• Draft short design docs for larger changes and walk the team through the tradeoffs.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL.
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up.

Perks and benefits:

Pay: $198,000 - $270,000 per year

• Extended health and dental benefits.
• RRSP matching.
• Paid vacation.
• Professional development budget.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Start: Immediately.

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