Senior Engineering Manager, Platform

RemoteLeadPosted Aug 19, 2026

KubernetesAWSTerraformArgoCDDatadogPostgreSQLCI/CDGitOps+4 more

About this role

Lead and grow Shakepay's Platform team, driving infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, and developer experience initiatives. Build AI-powered internal tools and agentic workflows while ensuring operational excellence in a regulated fintech environment serving 1.5M+ Canadians.

Must have

10+ years experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps or SRE roles

3+ years managing and growing high-performing teams

Familiarity with Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, ArgoCD, Datadog, PostgreSQL, CI/CD, and GitOps

Experience operating production systems and supporting on-call rotations

Ability to set technical direction across developer experience and infrastructure

Strong collaboration and communication skills with focus on business impact

Comfort using AI tools to accelerate development, debugging, and learning

Technologies

AWSDockerPostgreSQLTerraformAIKubernetesDatadogCI/CDBitcoinAgentic AIArgoCDGitOps

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and grow a team of platform engineers across Infrastructure, DevOps and Developer Experience

Set technical direction for platform architecture and ensure roadmap execution

Balance short-term delivery with long-term investments in tooling, infrastructure, and reliability

Oversee cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and operational tooling in a regulated environment

Design and build AI-powered internal tools and agentic workflows that automate tasks and augment engineering productivity

Improve developer productivity by reducing friction in onboarding, CI/CD, and local-to-prod workflows

Ensure systems are secure, scalable, observable, and resilient as Shakepay grows

Own incident management practices, postmortems, and sustainability of the on-call rotation

Collaborate closely with product engineering, security, and compliance stakeholders

Advocate for platform work by tying technical initiatives to business and customer impact

Benefits

Training and career developmentHealth insuranceDental insurancePaid vacationParental leaveStock optionsRemote workMental health support

Amenities

Unlimited AI token budget$2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training20 days of vacation per year with $1,000 bonus if all vacation usedParental leave top up to 100% of salary for 18 weeksQuarterly team-specific or company-wide offsiteOptional access to office spaces in Montreal and Toronto