ContactMonkey helps businesses boost growth and productivity through their internal communications. With our powerful tech stack, businesses can create, send, and track HTML emails within Outlook or Gmail. Today, ContactMonkey’s software is being leveraged within the world’s leading enterprise organizations, including brands like Rogers, IKEA and KPMG! We are pumped to be the best-of-class for internal employee communications.

Ranked as Globe and Mail & Deloitte Technology Fastest-Growing Canadian business this year, the people we hire are key drivers of our success! With ContactMonkey you have the opportunity to make a significant impact while advancing your career. Our team is constantly growing and this means our Talent team is always on the lookout for exceptional people to help us deliver.

We understand that joining a team is one of the most important decisions you make ❤️, and adding a team member is one of the most important decisions we'll make. Through our process, we want you to get to know us and understand how you approach problems, learn, and what motivates you!

About the job

ContactMonkey is on the lookout for an Engineering Manager that is excited about building teams and collaborating with your amazing colleagues. You enjoy working in a small but highly successful, fast-paced, agile environment. You thrive when you’re able to come up with creative solutions to solve complex problems and you strive to make a positive impact on every project that you own. We’re open to applicants that live in Ontario for this role.

What you will be doing

• Managing pods of 3-6 engineers who work with a dedicated Product Manager and Designer.
• All aspects of growth coaching, skills development and performance management.
• Working directly with the Director of Engineering to establish and refine departmental policies and standards that help us succeed.
• Collaborating with PMs and Designers to guide project delivery.
• Sharing the value of your experience on engineering best practices.
• Helping to turn uncertainty into actionable plans
• Helping with hiring and onboarding of new technical team members.
• Coordinating infrastructure changes with appropriate teams.
• Helping to deliver on our engineering roadmap making sure our application is secure, performant and growing ahead of need.
• This is not a hands-on coding position. Your energies will be needed at a higher level than that.

About you

• Have at least 5+ years of experience within the Software Development industry.
• Have proven technology team leadership skills.
• Experience working with backend and frontend web programming frameworks.
• Have experience with people management responsibilities, including performance management, training and development, recruitment efforts, and onboarding/training planning.
• Are equipped with the skills to manage technical initiatives, project planning and prioritization amongst teams' skill sets and project load.
• Are passionate about growth coaching and helping others reach their potential.
• Can effectively communicate and work with stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, including executive levels.
• Are an effective listener with attention to detail, tenacity and the ability to self-manage
• Have well developed problem-solving skills with an investigative mentality, decision-making ability and a capacity for strategic and associative thinking.
• Enjoy participating in discussions and brainstorming sessions for new initiatives and documenting technical requirements.

How you can stand out

• You have successfully built and grown teams of software developers during your career.
• A track record of great teamwork and the ability to work independently and drive projects to completion.
• Have an interest in putting development and management best practices in place.
• Educated to degree level with a proven ability for self-learning and development.
• Interest in the latest trends in UI/U
• Experience with building web applications in Ruby on Rails or VueX web application design.
• Experience with AWS, CircleCI and the use of container strategies in production environments.
• Your experience and technical depth allow you to develop and mentor others as well as build trust and credibility with your team.

Why ContactMonkey?

We offer…

🏥 Comprehensive benefits program (health & dental)!

📚 Monthly stipend for personal and professional growth!

💰 Stock option plan!

🏝 Generous vacation package!

🧖 1 personal day to do as you please!

☀️ Summer hours in July and August!

🌎 Work from anywhere in the world for 6 weeks!

💼 Downtown Toronto office for a change of workspace routine!

🤝 A supportive team who celebrates successes and tackles challenges together!

Our team is reimagining what it means to send and receive valuable communications to an entire workforce. By joining ContactMonkey, rest assured our wickedly smart, high-performing team members will challenge you to learn and grow every day. We value great work and great ideas in everything we do. We're looking for talented people who want to grow their career with us while making an impact with groundbreaking ideas.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ContactMonkey does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.

Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application or email jade@contactmonkey.com