- Location
- Remote
- Workplace
- Remote
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Director
- Experience
- 15+ years
- Source
- RecruiterFlow
Description
Plus10 is a technical recruitment agency with a focus on Engineering and Product professionals that build web applications using a modern stack. Plus10 recruiters are knowledge stewards that open doors for individuals looking to progress their career. We are working hand-in-hand with the following client to help find a Director of Engineering.
The client is one of Canada's strongest tech companies. Their an industry leader in AdTech and have now bridge the gap with their MarTech solution to offer a seamless integration for brands and advertisers. The client is constantly pushing with some of the most progressive work in machine learning meets cutting-edge user experience. Dealing with high complexities and scalability challenges, their platform does 465 billion automated optimizations per second.
About the role
As a Director, you will be directly involved in leading teams responsible for building and evolving the backend systems that power our advertising platform. You will work with large-scale distributed systems, real-time data processing, user identity, integrations, and activation services that are critical to the company's success. The engineering organization believes in working collaboratively and cross-functionally. You will have the opportunity to work in a diverse and flexible culture with dedicated career paths to help you succeed.
The ideal candidate will excel as a leader of leaders, overseeing multiple engineering teams while driving technical strategy, organizational growth, and operational excellence.
What You'll Do
Leadership & Strategy
- Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a large backend engineering organization, aligning engineering investments with business and product goals.
- Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of high performance, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Drive technical decision-making and establish standards for architecture, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Help develop future engineering leaders and support organizational growth as the company continues to scale.
Backend & Technical Excellence
- Oversee the design and evolution of backend systems supporting user identity, integrations, activation, and data processing capabilities.
- Ensure systems support high-scale, low-latency, and highly available workloads.
- Partner with Infrastructure, SRE, Product, and Data teams to improve reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.
- Champion best practices in software development, distributed systems design, and engineering excellence.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Product, Revenue, Finance, Data Science, and Engineering teams to align technical priorities with business objectives.
- Build strong partnerships across the organization and represent engineering in strategic initiatives.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Execution & Delivery
- Translate strategic goals into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
- Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term system health and scalability.
- Use metrics to evaluate reliability, team effectiveness, and delivery outcomes.
What You Bring
- 15+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 8+ years in engineering leadership roles.
- Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams through managers in a high-scale SaaS, infrastructure, or data-intensive environment.
- Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs, and large-scale backend services.
- Track record of developing engineering leaders and building high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in AdTech, MarTech, identity platforms, data platforms, or real-time systems is a strong asset but not required.
Benefits
- Competitive salary + equity
- RRSP matching
- 3 weeks vacation + 3 personal care days + 1 Culture & Belief day + birthdays off
- Access to a comprehensive mental health care platformFull benefits from day one of employment
- Work from home reimbursements
- Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office
- Robust training and onboarding program
- Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, etc)
- Access to industry-related programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
- Mentorship opportunities with industry leaders
- An awesome parental leave policy
- A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
- Our social and team events!
Discuss with your Plus10 Recruiter or complete the form below to apply for this role.
Skills
Machine LearningData ScienceSRE
