Engineering Manager – API
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Engineering Manager leading an API team at Craver, focusing on technical leadership and people development within a remote-first company.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute daily to the codebase — designing, building, and implementing complex backend features and infrastructure
- Drive E2E ownership of the team's technical deliverables and epics
- Make architecture and API design decisions with scalability, maintainability, and long-term business impact in mind
- Apply advanced patterns including SOLID, DDD, and Hexagonal Architecture to build loosely coupled, low-dependency systems
- Champion test-driven development and high code quality standards across all team output
- Own and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment practices, and release management
- Empower senior ICs to own architectural decisions; act as a facilitator and tie-breaker rather than the default technical authority
- Scope epics from scratch with stakeholders and create epic-level acceptance criteria
- Contribute meaningfully to roadmapping through technical guidance, estimation, and identifying solutions
- Keep the team focused on high-priority work — go deeper rather than broader, and actively manage WIP
- Interface with other teams to manage dependencies and ensure backend services meet their needs
- Anticipate scalability bottlenecks and advocate for infrastructure investments before they become problems
- Lead team ceremonies: standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos
- Mentor engineers at all levels with tailored coaching on technical excellence, professional growth, and effective work habits
- Own performance management: goal-setting, performance reviews, growth plans, and difficult conversations
- Conduct regular 1:1s focused on career development, blockers, and wellbeing
- Create psychological safety — an environment where team members feel safe to take risks, make mistakes, and speak up
- Ensure the team delivers reliably with consistent throughput and ambitious but achievable commitments
- Participate in hiring: define standards, conduct interviews, and contribute to onboarding
- Assume responsibility for the health, reliability, and maintainability of backend systems
- Lead incident response and implement solutions that minimize blast radius
- Review and improve RCAs, ensuring systematic corrective actions are implemented
- Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual work and operational burden
Requirements:
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- Demonstrated experience leading a team, whether formally or through tech lead responsibilities
- Strong background in software engineering and computer science fundamentals
- Expertise in Java/Spring or equivalent backend frameworks
- Experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture
- Excellence in communication both verbal and written.
Benefits:
- Close-knit team practicing empathy, compassion, and mutual support
- Remote-first, hybrid environment with Downtown Vancouver office
- Flexible hours — we value contribution and output
- Professional development support including training and conferences
- Generous benefits including prescription drug coverage, massage, and dental
- Stock option plan — participate in our success
- On-call rotation with strong operational support
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