Slice
Engineering Manager, Services
Ontario, Canada
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 days ago
PythonGoRubyDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentAWSCloud PlatformsComputer VisionLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Define success through measurable value for pizzerias, customers, and the business-not projects completed or code shipped.
- Help the team balance speed, reliability, simplicity, and long-term system health.
- Our services are converging on Python, while parts of our ecosystem use Go and Ruby.
Responsibilities
- We build for entrepreneurs who put everything into their shops.
- Slice's Services teams build the backend systems, APIs, integrations, and operational capabilities that power our platform.
- You will be accountable for both your team's performance and the impact it creates.
- Your role is to create the conditions in which talented engineers can do the best work of their careers.
- Create clarity when the path is uncertain.
Requirements
- Experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
- Experience with Python, Go, Ruby, or comparable backend technologies.
- The ability to turn complex, ambiguous problems into clear direction.
Skills
- Python, Go, and Ruby services.
- APIs, distributed systems, and asynchronous workflows.
- Databases, AWS, observability, and production operations.
- Service migrations, reliability, security, and performance.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Flexible working hours.
- Market-leading maternity and paternity schemes.
Company info
- You will lead engineers working on services that power key Slice experiences.
- The team collaborates across the US, Canada, UK, and North Macedonia, alongside partners in Product, Design, Data, and Operations.
- We value thoughtful asynchronous communication, direct discussion, and high-quality written decisions.
- Geography should not determine who has context, influence, or ownership.
- You will report to an Engineering Director and work with other managers and technical leaders to raise the standard across Slice Engineering.
- The Winning Recipe
- We care more about evidence of impact, judgment, and trajectory than a perfectly conventional background.
- Strong candidates will bring:
- Experience building and operating customer-facing software or platforms.
- Strong technical judgment across backend services, APIs, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and production operations.
- A record of improving both customer outcomes and engineering effectiveness.
This listing is sourced directly from Slice's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.