[Wattpad] Engineering Manager

Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. A leading global webnovel platform, Wattpad has democratized storytelling for a new generation of diverse Gen Z writers and their fans. Wattpad is part of WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem, where approximately 155 million monthly active users discover incredible stories in multiple formats. Come build the future of entertainment and storytelling with our global team, and write your next chapter with us!

Wattpad is part of the WEBTOON Entertainment family of brands, home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. With approximately 155 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--WEBTOON Productions, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others. To read more about our family of Brands, check out our website here.

Wattpad follows a hybrid work model, with employees working from our vibrant downtown Toronto office 3x per week.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager for our Platform Engineering team to lead the design, development, and maintenance of the backend platforms that underpin Wattpad's social, notifications, subscriptions, and coin economy features. This is a highly collaborative team that works closely with Product, Marketing, Business, and other engineering teams who build upon these platforms to deliver features to our end users. As Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for both the technical direction of the team and the growth and development of the engineers within it.

Lead and support a team of engineers, overseeing performance management, career growth, and general team administration including rituals and meetings

Contribute to planning and determining the technical roadmap by understanding and aligning business and engineering goals

Spearhead and participate in technical design and planning sessions

Provide technical guidance and feedback on documentation, designs, and code

Work with Product and other teams during requirements gathering and solutioning

Coordinate resourcing on projects, provide time estimates, and communicate blockers and issues

Maintain high quality standards and foster a culture of long-term thinking and innovation

Play an active role in hiring across the team

Mentor and coach team members in both technical and soft skills relevant to their roles 8+ years of experience in software development with at least 3 years managing a team of 3 or more engineers including those at the Senior level or higher

Significant experience designing and building backend distributed systems, including writing and critiquing design and technical plan documentation with diagrams

Majority experience in backend development with substantial hands-on experience in API, application, and systems design and building

Expert level experience developing on Unix-based platforms

Experience with one or more compiled languages such as C++, Java, Golang, or Rust

Strong technical background with the ability to make well informed decisions and translate complex technical concepts to various audiences

Comfortable working with ambiguity and collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field Experience in a Staff, Principal Engineer, or Architect position

AWS Cloud experience

Experience with OpenAPI, gRPC, or Protobuf

Experience with Golang

Experience with Docker, containerization, or Kubernetes