Monks
Software Engineering Team Lead
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sponsorship not specified$130k-$160kDetected 27 days ago
TypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsExpressDockerKubernetesTerraformHelmOAuthA/B TestingComplianceProduct ManagementRoadmappingTest AutomationHIPAALeadership
About the role
- This is a hands-on leadership role-ideal for someone who still loves to ship code but is equally passionate about tackling client challenges, shaping technical direction, and collaborating cross-functionally.
- Our product is used by marketing teams in regulated industries across the world.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Technical Subject Matter Expert for our product, owning the technical direction and quality of solutions designed and deployed.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation, including extended integrations with client technology and data systems beyond the immediate project scope.
- Own the ongoing reliability and effectiveness of our product.
- Mentor other engineers on the team to support their professional growth and technical development.
- Drive good engineering practices and processes, such as blameless post-mortems and automated testing, to ensure software stability and quality.
- 3+ years of people management experience (Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar).
- Prior experience building products.
Requirements
- While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website ( monks.com/careers ).
Nice to have
- Background working in high-compliance environments (HIPAA, SOC2, etc.).
- Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tools.
- Prior experience bootstrapping teams or greenfield systems.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally across the full stack.
- Experience designing secure, scalable systems end-to-end.
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, and React.
- Solid understanding of secure integrations, API authentication, and OAuth 2.0 flows.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm in production.
Compensation
- $130,000 - $160,000 CAD
- Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc.
- With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world.
- Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time.
- By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.
- Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24).
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