Senior Engineering Manager

Xplore Inc. is Canada’s fibre, 5G and satellite broadband company for rural living. Xplore is committed to the relentless pursuit of an improved broadband experience for all Canadians. Xplore is building a world-class fibre optic and 5G wireless network to enable innovative broadband services for better every day rural living, for today and future generations.We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of software developers as we embark on a company-wide transformation. This is your chance to use cutting-edge tools to build software applications of the future, driving a technical vision while leading teams to deliver modern digital and operational capabilities across key Telecom domains such as Ordering, Provisioning, and Inventory.This role requires a technically leader who remains close to the technology and engineering practices. The successful candidate must possess recent hands‑on Go (Golang) development experience and be comfortable participating in architecture discussions, evaluating technical solutions, conducting code reviews, and mentoring engineers on software design and implementation best practices.Key Responsibilities Include
Lead multiple software developers across cross-functional Agile teams, ensuring consistent delivery of business value, predictable execution, and strong engineering disciplineDrive AI adoption, modernization of applications, and integrations across Telecom domains (such as Ordering, Provisioning, and Inventory), aligning delivery with platform and enterprise architecture directionEstablish and evolve engineering practices for cloud-native delivery on Azure, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, secure-by-design, and operational readinessAct as a technical leader by actively participating in solution design, architecture reviews, technical discussions, and engineering decision-making across teamsProvide hands‑on technical guidance to developers and technical leads, promoting software engineering best practices, coding standards, and quality‑first deliveryConduct and oversee code reviews, ensuring maintainable, secure, scalable, and performant software solutions while fostering continuous learning and technical excellencePartner with developers and technical leads to resolve complex technical challenges and drive adoption of modern software engineering patterns and practicesPractice servant leadership by supporting developers and technical leads through hiring, performance development, career paths, mentoring, and ensuring a culture of accountability, learning, and inclusionCollaborate with product owners, business leaders and partners on roadmap execution, capacity planning, dependency management, and risk/issue escalation across teams and vendors/partnersEnsure solutions meet non‑functional requirements including performance, security, resiliency, scalability, data integrity, and compliance while adopting modern software development principles, frameworks and platformsRequired Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent educational background8+ years in software engineering roles with 3+ years leading teams (people leadership and delivery accountability) in a product-centric or Agile delivery environmentProven experience delivering enterprise systems and integrations in complex, cross-functional environmentsStrong technical background with modern application development, APIs/integration patterns, and cloud fundamentals (preferably Azure)Demonstrated experience building software that accounts for performance, observability and securityDemonstrated ability to improve delivery outcomes (quality, cycle time, reliability) using metrics, continuous improvement, and pragmatic engineering practicesExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to translate between business outcomes and technical executionTechnical Qualifications
8+ years of software development experience with demonstrated hands‑on programming expertise in Golang (Go). Experience with C# .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or other modern development platforms is considered an assetWorking experience building and maintaining Microservices and Web API services using technologies like REST, SOAP XML, GraphQL, gRPC, and Web SocketsWorking experience building and maintaining customer facing UIs using ReactJS, NextJS, VueJS, Angular, and/or other JS frameworksDemonstrated understanding of event driven architectures and messaging services using tools such as Azure Service Bus, AWS SNS/SQS, Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and/or equivalent technologiesWorking experience with Azure, AWS and/or GCP using managed servicesStrong understanding of containerized application development and management using tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, and/or OpenShiftStorage Technologies: MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redis, Mongo DB, Databricks, and/or other equivalent technologiesObservability Platforms: Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, ELKCI/CD tooling: Azure DevOps pipelines, GitHub actions, ArgoCDTest automation: Playwright, Selenium, CucumberAI Tooling: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor or other equivalent technologiesStrong understanding of Cloud Native principles and frameworksPreferred Qualifications
Experience in Telecom OSS/BSS domains and customer lifecycle processesFamiliarity with the Telemanagement Forum (TMF) standardsExperience leading modernization initiatives (legacy decomposition, platform migration, integration modernization, domain/platform realignment).Exposure to SRE/production operations practices (SLIs/SLOs, incident management, runbooks, post-incident reviews, operational automation).Experience working with distributed teams and vendors/partnersCondition Of Employment
As a condition of employment and in order to comply with industry related data security standards, this position is subject to the successful completion of a Criminal Background Check. Details will be supplied to applicants as they move through the selection process.Xplore is committed to creating an accessible environment and will accommodate disabilities during the selection process. Please let your recruiter know during the selection process of any accommodation needs.
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