About this role

Lead the "Strangler" migration of core Content Acquisition systems such as Crawler.
Own the "Future State" architecture and define standards for the move to EKS and Event-Driven Architecture.
Manage a distributed group of ~7 to 10 engineers and be responsible for culture and performance management.
Act as the critical operational link, translating directives from Seattle to execution in Toronto and continuity in Copenhagen.
Operationalize AI for engineering throughput and model usage of LLMs for modernization.

8+ years in backend software engineering with deep expertise in distributed systems, high-throughput data ingestion, or web crawling at scale.
3+ years managing engineering teams, with specific experience managing high-level ICs (Staff/Principal) or distributed teams.
Demonstrated success decomposing monolithic architectures into cloud-native microservices (AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes).
Proven ability to use AI tools (Copilot, Cursor, LLMs) to accelerate the understanding of undocumented legacy code and generate modern implementations.
Experience bridging the gap between legacy stacks and modern cloud infrastructure.

Senior Engineering Manager, Content Platform

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