Join a leading, Edmonton-based software development company with a global footprint. Our client is seeking a strategic and people-focused Senior Engineering Manager to lead and elevate their globally distributed engineering teams. In this critical leadership role, you’ll champion technical excellence, build resilient SaaS architectures, and nurture a high-performing, inclusive team culture. You will report to the VP of Product Engineering and be responsible for driving best-in-class software development practices, delivering reliable and scalable SaaS solutions, and creating a collaborative, transparent, and innovative engineering culture.

QUALIFICATIONS

What Our Client Offers
Our client offers a work culture that fosters diversity, equity, inclusion, and fun. You’ll find a place where curiosity is rewarded and each day offers the chance to learn, grow, and contribute alongside people you respect and value.

The total compensation package includes:

• RRSP/TFSA matching
• Paid vacation starting with 3-weeks
• Paid wellness time
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Extended health care benefits, dental, and life insurance
• Professional development and training allowance
• The opportunity to be part of a globally distributed, innovative, and happy team.

SUMMARY

Join a leading, Edmonton-based software development company with a global footprint. Our client is seeking a strategic and people-focused Senior Engineering Manager to lead and elevate their globally distributed engineering teams. In this critical leadership role, you’ll champion technical excellence, build resilient SaaS architectures, and nurture a high-performing, inclusive team culture.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process

RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Expertise

• Deep experience with AWS core services (IAM, EC2, VPC, ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of SaaS architecture, including multi-tenancy, scalability, and uptime strategies.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Containerization and orchestration expertise (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS).
• Experience with serverless architecture and microservices development.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and quality automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of observability and incident response practices (monitoring, logging, tracing).
• Experience with modern API design (REST, GraphQL, API Gateway patterns).
• Knowledge of secure development practices, including IAM policies, authentication, and authorization.
• Familiarity with compliance and security frameworks (SOC 2, GDPR).
• Experience with FinOps principles and optimizing cloud infrastructure cost.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience managing teams through rapid scale or post-product-market fit growth.
• Background in data engineering, ML/AI infrastructure, or DevOps tooling.
• Experience working with Salesforce, Outlook/Exchange, or CRM integration platforms.
• Experience leading strategic engineering initiatives across multiple teams.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and structure globally distributed engineering teams to deliver against company goals.
• Provide direct management to Engineering Managers, Team Leads, and QA Leads, including performance management, goal setting, and development planning.
• Ensure delivery of scalable, high-quality features aligned with product and business priorities.
• Foster an inclusive, supportive team culture rooted in psychological safety and technical excellence.
• Partner with the Product team to ensure effective resource allocation and strategic execution.
• Drive engineering roadmap planning and contribute to company-wide goals.
• Define and track engineering KPIs (e.g., DORA metrics, quality, velocity).
• Oversee recruitment strategies and lead hiring initiatives in collaboration with HR.
• Manage engineering budgets and drive SaaS cost optimization through efficient architecture.
• Champion engineering best practices and continuous improvement across the SDLC.
• Lead innovation projects and cross-team technical initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with data security and privacy standards (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR)