Senior Engineering Manager, Core at Affinity.co

Canada

CAD 196k - CAD 245k

With our growing customer base and our expansion into new markets and use cases, we have more to build than ever at Affinity as we execute on our vision to put relationship intelligence at every professional's fingertips. Reporting to the Sr Director of Engineering, you will be leading and scaling out a team that oversees the customer-facing features of the core Affinity CRM product. You will help define the technical roadmap and implementation for the future of our product and guide the team to build scalable features and functionality end-to-end. This is a hands-on role; in addition to leading the team, you'll also be an active contributor. The core application engineering team has a wide breadth of responsibility at Affinity. They not only deliver end-to-end features for our CRM product but also work on core data models and build ways to performantly surface data to our customers. We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who values career development, mentorship and will support the team as we scale. What you’ll be doing: Through cross-team collaboration with Product Management and Design, define the roadmap that makes up the Affinity CRM product. Lead, coach, mentor and inspire a team that owns applications that are critical to the success of our customers and our business. Own the delivery of a delightful, reliable user experience to our users around the world through rapid cycles of development and iteration. Lead Agile processes like daily standups, sprint plannings, demos and retrospectives. Champion AI tools and best practices, keeping current with the rapidly changing landscape, in order to enable high degrees of team efficiency and output, and create a learning environment for team members to continuously develop skills. Drive complex technical, architecture, design, and product discussions. Identify and fill gaps on the team, and create the processes necessary for the team’s success. Scale the team by hiring additional talented engineers to provide the necessary velocity to meet the team’s goals. Qualifications Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Affinity, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Required: You have 10+ years of experience working in a full-stack software engineering role, building scalable web applications with large volumes of data and rich visualizations. You have 5+ years in an engineering management role or technical leadership role, providing mentorship and coaching in a formal setting. You have experience leading high-performing engineering teams. You have experience working with complex SaaS platforms. You have excellent communication skills. You take pride in delivering an exceptionally high-quality product in terms of the functionality you provide to consumers, as well as the platform’s overall performance and reliability. You are passionate about helping engineers at all levels develop new skills and advance their careers. You're excited to work collaboratively within engineering and across functional teams. You’re eager to contribute your ideas and experiences to help Affinity continuously improve as a product and company. Nice to have: Experience working with Ruby, React, or PostgreSQL. Experience working with CRM-type applications and high scale data model design Experience building data-intensive applications. Tech stack Our platform is built with React and TypeScript on the front end, and with Ruby and PostgreSQL on the back end. Our infrastructure is hosted by AWS and runs on Kubernetes. What you’ll enjoy at Affinity: We live our values: As owners, we take pride in everything we do. We embrace a growth mindset, engage in respectful candor, act as playmakers, and "taste the soup" by diving deep into experiences to create the best outcomes for our colleagues and clients. Health Benefits: We cover both you and your dependents' extended health benefit premiums and offer flexible personal & sick days to support your well-being. Retirement Planning: We offer an RRSP plan to help you plan for your future. Learning & Development: We provide an annual education budget and a comprehensive L&D program. Wellness Support: We reimburse monthly for things like home internet, meals, and wellness memberships/equipment to support your overall health and happiness. Team Connection: Virtual team-building activities and socials to keep our team connected, because building strong relationships is key to succes. Please note that the role compensation details below reflect the base salary only and do not include any equity, or benefits. This represents the salary range that Affinity believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting, that it will pay for the posted job. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $196,000 to $245,000 CAD. Within the range, individual pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At Affinity, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of our recruitment process to help screen and evaluate candidate applications. While AI assists our hiring team in managing applications efficiently, it never replaces decisions made by real people. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices, and our AI tools are regularly monitored to ensure they support—not replace—human judgment. Additional Information: This job posting represents an active vacancy that we are currently seeking to fill. About Affinity With more than 3,000 customers worldwide and backed by some of Silicon Valley's best firms, Affinity has raised $120M to empower dealmakers to find, manage, and close more deals. How? Our Relationship Intelligence platform uses the wealth of data exhaust from trillions of interactions between Investment Bankers, Venture Capitalists, Consultants, and other strategic dealmakers to deliver automated relationship insights that drive over 450,000 deals every month. We are are proud to have received Inc. and Fortune Best Workplaces awards as well as to be Great Places to Work certified for the last 5 years running. Join us on our mission to make it possible for anyone to cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed. We use E-Verify Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.