Knak is a mission-driven company
Why? Because our time is limited, our competition is fierce, and our margin for error is small. For us to have the greatest impact on the world, we need to be laser focused on our core mission, which is...
Empowering people to be creative.
That’s why Knak exists.
We are a world-class enterprise email and landing page creation platform with a focus on making successful and happy customers by providing them with an incredibly powerful, yet easy to use creation platform.
Our industry leading SaaS solution is built by Marketers, for Marketers. We know that it’s the small things that make the biggest impact and that emails and landing pages are where the rubber hits the road when it comes to Marketing Automation. We change the way Marketers work by making them more efficient, while improving conversion rate of their campaigns and helping them stay on brand.
Oh, and we have a bit of fun while doing it, too!
We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead multiple cross-functional product engineering teams. You’ll play a key role in Knak’s triad leadership model—partnering with product managers and designers to guide strategy, execution, and delivery across our product lines.
This role is all about enabling high-performing teams: fostering growth, elevating engineering standards, and ensuring that what we build maps directly to customer and business impact.
What You’ll Be DoingLead and coach teams: Mentor engineering leads, provide feedback, and support growth through career development and team rituals.
Drive delivery: Collaborate with PMs and designers to scope, prioritize, and deliver high-quality software aligned with product goals.
Elevate engineering practices: Promote code quality, architecture reviews, test automation, and CI/CD improvements.
Align engineering with strategy: Participate in quarterly planning, OKR alignment, and roadmap reviews.
Build stakeholder confidence: Serve as a trusted communication bridge between engineering, leadership, product, and support.
5+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in engineering leadership
Proven track record leading high-performing product teams in SaaS or technology-driven environments
Experience with agile delivery frameworks and modern engineering toolchains
Strong mentorship and communication skills, with the ability to build cross-functional alignment
Familiarity with CI/CD, testing strategies, and scalable architecture patterns
An empathetic leadership style that emphasizes coaching, feedback, and collaboration
What We Offer
At Knak we have four foundational pillars. Culture, customers, product and growth. Culture is our number one pillar because we know that is at the core of building a strong company that can build amazing products and delight our customers. We do this with a laser focus on hiring the right people who are smart, positive and who want more than the typical nine-to-five offers.
We offer an extremely rewarding, second to none work environment as acknowledged by Ottawa’s Best Places to Work 2024! We show our investment in our people through our competitive salaries, equity in the company, great benefits, paid vacation, Life leave days (because life happens), team lunches and off-sites, and most importantly our commitment to YOUR career growth.
If this sounds like something you’re looking for, then we’d love to hear from you!
If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply. Knak believes in creating an inclusive, barrier-free working environment. If you require ANY accommodation to the interview process please contact [email protected].
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