Job Description

Rise to the challenge
Rise is Canada's complete people management solution that gives employers everything they need to build loyal and productive teams—all in one place. We collaborate and co-create to build solutions that completely change how companies of all shapes and sizes manage their payroll, scheduling, time tracking, group benefits, recruitment, onboarding, and more.
At Rise, we're changing how work happens and how people work. We'd love for you to join us and experience. the most positive, challenging, and transformative experience of your career.
About the role
As an Engineering Manager, you will work to ensure the success of your team by listening and acting on feedback, providing mentorship and career development, ensuring that the team systems and culture support consistent quality, productivity, and happiness. Take a peek at our engineering blog to learn more about what we get up to.
The day-to-day

• Be a standard-bearer for culture who actively works towards building a cohesive team united by common engineering principles

• Collaborate with your team to define and execute on the technical vision and strategy for your team

• Be a key voice in challenging architectural and technical discussions, providing input based upon your deep knowledge and experience

• Work with your team members to discover opportunities to improve quality and speed, using both quantitative and qualitative data as a guide

• Coach and develop your team, providing them with feedback and helping them to grow in their careers

• Be an organizational leader, defining and contributing to cross-team initiatives and vision

• Work closely with product and design to produce a great product for our customers, including contributing to roadmap and solution design discussions

• Recruit talented engineers that will thrive in the Rise engineering culture

About you

• 2+ years of leading successful engineering teams

• Deep technical knowledge, with the ability to expertly weigh in on key technical decisions

• Adept with and enthusiastic about data-driven decision-making

• Ability to think in systems and to make decisions iteratively

• Passionate about developing teams

• Focused on quality, both internal and external, and customer-oriented

• Kind, empathetic, and pleasant to work with, with the ability to help mediate any interpersonal issues that may arise on your team

• Driven and entrepreneurial: we're a fast-growing, scrappy startup, and we prefer candidates that are experienced working in a fast-paced environment

• Willing to roll up your sleeves and do whatever needs to be done, including writing code when necessary

• Bonus: Expert-level knowledge in Rails or Node.js

What Rise offers

• Rise is all about creating a positive company culture, both for our clients and our employees. We believe that happiness isn't the cause of employee engagement, it's the result.

• We offer a hybrid work policy, allowing employees to work from home and also take advantage of our beautiful office space in the heart of Burnaby that includes standing desks, an onsite fitness facility, and a fully stocked kitchen.

• Rise believes that time off is just as important as time spent. We offer 3 weeks of paid vacation, flexible personal wellness days, as well as one day off for your birthday and your work anniversary.

• We support your growth with a personal $1000 learning and development budget to take courses, attend conferences, webinars, you name it!

• We offer no-wait benefits. This means that starting your first day, you have access to our comprehensive benefits package which includes dental, eye care, and $2000 in counselling coverage, among many other great health benefits.

At Rise, we care more about where you're headed, not where you've been. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and orientations to apply.Job Type: Full-time