Manager, Engineering

Why should you consider joining Auvik?

• You want to work at a company that is building impactful, relevant technology. Auvik’s network management software helps IT teams by automating time-consuming tasks, streamlining operations, and mitigating risk. It’s more important than ever to be able to remotely monitor and manage network infrastructure, and with Auvik, IT professionals have that essential visibility and control.

• You want to work with a leadership team who are transparent and trustworthy. Our senior leaders have a vision for Auvik. They are experienced, knowledgeable, approachable, and consistently working hard to drive success, both for the company and the team of people who make it happen.

• You want to work with a product customers love. People rave about what we’ve built—our latest NPS was 57 (phenomenal!). Our customers are smart, aspirational, and highly technical. It pays to get the details right.

• You want regular opportunities for learning and growth. With ongoing feedback from leadership, you’ll find that Auvik encourages you to be your very best. Our onboarding process is thorough and informative because we want to make sure you’re prepared to have a great work experience. We also have programs designed to help you take the next steps you want for your career.

• You want the flexibility to manage your work, your way. We’re a fully distributed team and we’re prepared to continue to support working from home (or the space you choose!). When we’re able, we’ll have Auvik hubs in Waterloo and Barcelona for you to leverage if needed. We trust you to get the job done where you feel most comfortable and effective.

What’s the job about?

You will lead and develop a large development team with initiatives to build and manage the product’s technology infrastructure, and deliver product features that expand Auvik’s total addressable market.  

The Manager, Engineering will lead a talented group of individual contributors, serve on Auvik’s Engineering Leadership team, and report to the Director of Engineering.  The Engineering Manager must have experience leading and developing people and would benefit from experience leading distributed teams.

What will I do in this role?

• Lead engineering efforts, including implementing best practices and tools, recruiting and motivating the team, organizing and allocating development resources, and actively contributing to a strong team culture.
• Work collaboratively with the Product Management team and other stakeholders to execute on product roadmap initiatives to deliver quality code on time, track and communicate results and business value delivered.
• Support the team’s ongoing initiative to evolve the product’s core technology stack, using microservices and modern frameworks to meet future product and business needs.
• Train, coach and develop employees; recruit and retain top talent. 

Successful candidates will have experience or a willingness to rapidly learn the following:

• Lead an engineering team building software solutions.
• Recruit, onboard, and motivate strong developers.
• Manage teams in multiple locations; including adapting processes and tools that support scalable build up of distributed teams.
• Advocate for and strengthen our agile methodologies; experience moving teams to CI/CD a plus.
• Understanding of the support of production systems including Service Management methodologies (Incident and  Change  Management)

Are there bonus points?

• Experience in Network Management and Network Monitoring.
• Experience with Device Management and Device Identification.
• Experience with Network Automation.

About Auvik

Auvik makes network management easier. Our software provides the visibility and automation IT professionals need to focus on the work that delivers the greatest value to their organization. Today, Auvik helps IT teams manage more than four million devices on over 50,000 networks worldwide.

Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies. We’ve won the  Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and we were recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies.

We’re focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. We are happy to make any accommodations you may need throughout the interview process as well. Don't have a working webcam? We will help you find a space you can conduct your interview from Have kids or pets in the background? Don’t worry about it. Just let us know what you need when we reach out to schedule and we will make it work! 

Auvik is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law.