Engineering Manager (Must be in Toronto, CA)

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Canada
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Natural Language Processing • Software • Conversational AI • Generative AI
The Role
As an Engineering Manager at PolyAI in Toronto, you will lead a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering AI-driven voice solutions. Your role will involve project management, mentorship, and technical guidance, ensuring projects meet timelines and quality standards while fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
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Description

PolyAI is tackling the challenges of automating customer service through voice. Our voice assistants make it possible for businesses to deliver outstanding customer service at every touchpoint, without over-investing.

This is voice-enabled, AI-driven customer service that works in the real-world, right now.

As part of the project team in Toronto, you will take a lead role in developing real-world systems for our customers that take 1000s of calls every single day. You will work closely with Project Managers, Software Engineers and Dialogue Designers to build out and maintain highly specialised software that delights our clients and their customers. As a Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing projects to ensure the proposed plan abides by the timeline, team capacity, budget, and scope. This role involves both technical expertise, project management, and people management skills.

Salary: 140,000 CAD - 180,000 CAD

Requirements
  • BS degree in Engineering / Science or a related technical field involving coding, or equivalent industry experience.
  • Experience with agile project management, such as scrum, kanban, post-mortems etc.
  • 2+ years of software engineering manager experience.
  • Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design.
  • Experience with one or more programming languages such as Python or Go.
  • Working proficiency in verbal and written English.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Requirements:

  • 2+ years of experience in technical project management, preferably in a related industry.
  • Knowledge of REST APIs and associated technologies such as OAuth2.0
  • Willing to get hands-on solving problems to help the team and project move forward.
  • A proactive collaborator with experience in interacting with different teams of varying complexity.
  • Knowledge of telephony protocols such as SIP, or knowledge of associated networking protocols like TLS
  • Understanding of the software deployment cycle, including local deployments, testing, code reviews etc.
  • Experience with Go programming language
  • Permission to work in the Toronto, CA.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering voice AI solutions.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the engineering department.
  • Set clear objectives, monitor performance, and provide constructive feedback to drive professional growth.
  • Encourage technical excellence by promoting best practices, knowledge sharing, and cutting-edge AI methodologies.
  • Establish and maintain engineering processes and standards to ensure consistent, high-quality results across all projects.
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding engineers through complex AI challenges, from model development to system integration.
Benefits
  • 🏝 20 days vacation
  • 📚 Annual learning and development allowance
  • 🏡 One-off WFH allowance when you join
  • Competitive Healthcare plan

Equal Opportunity Statement:

PolyAI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

All employment decisions at PolyAI will be based on the business needs without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, neurodiversity status or disability status.

Top Skills

Go
Python
The Company
HQ: London
190 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

PolyAI builds enterprise conversational assistants that carry on natural conversations with customers to solve their problems. Our conversational assistants understand customers, regardless of what they say or how they say it.

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