Engineering Manager (Remote)

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About The Role

As an Engineering Manager, you will be the key leader responsible for driving the technical execution and quality standards necessary for successful, on-time delivery. You will partner closely with Product Management to align the technical roadmap with business priorities. You will oversee project execution, set technical direction, and uphold rigorous quality and operational standards. Equally important, you will be responsible for attracting, nurturing, coaching, and retaining world-class engineering talent. You will define engineering standards and help build the strategic vision for our organization in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

This role has a dual mandate covering Technical Delivery and Team Leadership:

Technical Delivery & Accountability

• Drive technical execution of the roadmap, ensuring projects are completed on time and meet high-quality standards.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management to manage the technical roadmap, helping to balance feature development, technical debt, and operational stability.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for client and internal stakeholders, communicating progress, managing expectations, and mitigating technical risks to ensure project success.
• Be accountable for the quality of the team's deliverables and contribute to defining engineering quality standards and best practices.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural context to unblock the team and ensure scalable solutions.

Team Leadership & Growth

• Attract, nurture, coach, and retain top engineering talent.
• Develop career progression plans and provide regular, real-time feedback.
• Ensure continuous learning and development through valuable training opportunities.
• Help shape and execute the vision for the engineering organization.

About You

The Essentials:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional engineering experience.
• 3+ years of management experience.
• Experience with Web and Native (iOS) applications.

Core Skills

• Strong leadership, coaching, and mentorship abilities.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage client and stakeholder relationships.
• Good knowledge of design and architectural patterns and development best practices.
• Proven success driving complex, cross-functional engineering projects from concept to production.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to challenge, guide, and mentor engineers on design and implementation.
• Experience in defining and implementing quality standards in engineering practices.
• Previous experience collaborating on highly distributed teams across multiple countries and time zones.

At.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.  

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What We Offer

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$120,000—$135,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.