Manager, Software Engineering

Summary/Objective 

Emburse Engineering Managers drive the execution, culture, and technical vision behind an engaging and interconnected set of enterprise solutions. As a Manager of Software Engineering, you will lead, mentor, and empower a high-performing engineering team, fostering an environment grounded in technical excellence, accountability, and continuous growth. You will balance direct people management with strategic technical leadership - guiding architectural decisions, optimizing delivery workflows, and unblocking complex engineering challenges. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, relies on strong engineering leadership to build world-class products while coaching and developing the next generation of technical talent.

Essential Functions Technical 

• 4–6 years of distributed software development experience, with 1–3 years of direct line management or player-coach management experience 

• Hands-on technical depth with ability to review code, triage alerts, and analyze software requirements 

• Ability to review and influence design plans and architectural decisions 

• Oversees 3rd-party API integrations, vendor workflows, and data verification partnerships core to our travel platform 

• Manage goal priorities as set by senior management and delegate tasks to appropriate resources 

• Develop, lead, coach, and assess the engineering team (5–6 direct reports across US and Canada) 

• Grow a team culture that is collaborative and grounded in trust, open feedback, and accountability 

• Provide technical guidance and coaching; break down barriers that interfere with tasks

Agile / Process 

• Familiar with all policies, procedures, and technical concepts related to software programming, including but not limited to security, deployments, build and UAT processes, SDLC, SSDLC, PCI/DSS, and GDPR. 

• Participates in design activities and system architecture reviews 

• Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications 

• Promotes and models modern developer workflows and AI tools to enhance team productivity

• Work closely with a product partner and the team to refine options and drive strong tradeoff conversations

Impact 

• Leads small technical teams in delivering highly scalable and reliable applications that meet business budgets and timelines 

• Establishes attainable goals in order for the project to finish on time 

• Provides guidance to team members to encourage work productivity 

• Focused on one or more small projects or platforms at once 

• Monitors, evaluates and ensures the completion of tasks and projects Improves engineering quality and efficiency (e.g. workflow, code review) 

• Aligns product engineering team with the company’s vision 

• Hires qualified candidates to strengthen company and team

Communication 

• Represents the product development team across the organization 

• Collaborate with cross-functional peers, vendor partners, and leaders to deliver projects

Education & Experience

Education: 

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’ experience

Experience Required:

• • Minimum of 1–3 years of direct line management experience. 

  • Minimum of 4 years’ professional experience in C# development. 

  • Experience working in Windows and Linux environments, .NET, Azure or AWS, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, Git. 

  • Experience working in a Scrum and DevOps environment. 

  • Good understanding of agile application development lifecycle.(Note: Candidates with a strong engineering background will be considered if accompanied by direct Travel domain expertise). 

  • Experience designing and building REST/JSON services; experience working with 3rd party APIs, vendor integrations, Azure APIs, Docker or other containers, large-scale or distributed web applications, Test Driven Development and functional testing.

  • Experience with data processing or data engineering, integration with AI and ML services, APIs, harness tools, or models. 

  • Prior experience working in the corporate travel, booking, or expense domain.

Certifications

Required: None

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Familiarity with full stack development and proven history of application development 
• Understanding of secure application programming practices or vulnerabilities 
• Strong understanding and practical experience with common design patterns. 
• Ability to write clear, concise documentation 
• Ability to solve business problems through creative and forward-looking solutions.

Sponsorship

• This role is not sponsorship eligible
• Candidates need to be legally allowed to work in Canada

Work Location

• This is an onsite role in Toronto