Manager, Platform Engineering

Ready to help reshape a $26B industry and build the future of branded merch

commonsku is revolutionizing the promotional products industry. Our platform empowers branded merch distributors to work smarter managing projects building quotes placing orders and collaborating with clients and suppliers seamlessly through the power of the Connected Workflow.

Were a remote-first community-driven team obsessed with elevating our customers their clients and the broader industry. Our values Community First Ten Steps Ahead Fast Forward and Delightful Work guide us. We believe you can innovate push forward and do more while also sharing a laugh supporting your colleagues and having a life outside of work.

If youre energized by ambitious work creative collaboration and helping to build something great youll want to keep reading.

About the Role: Manager Platform Engineering

Were growing and were hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Engineering team. This team is responsible for the availability scalability and efficiency of commonskus cloud infrastructure and data warehouse the foundation that powers everything we build.

In this role youll guide a talented team focused on infrastructure automation modernization operational excellence and cloud cost efficiency while partnering closely with product and engineering teams across the company. Youll shape how we scale our systems and processes ensuring that our platform continues to perform securely and reliably as our business grows.

Youll also play a key role in building and nurturing a high-performing engineering team developing people improving processes and fostering a culture of trust technical excellence and continuous improvement.

About You

Youre not just looking for a management role youre looking to lead with purpose.

You bring:

• A community mindset You see customers as partners and teammates as collaborators. You lift others up follow through on commitments and thrive in a team that does the same. (Community First)
  
  
• Momentum and ownership You move fast act with optimism and help your team turn ideas into results. (Fast Forward)
  
  
• Vision and boldness You think ahead anticipate challenges and shape technical direction for the future. (Ten Steps Ahead)
  
  
• Joy in the craft You care deeply about quality performance and helping engineers grow. You bring empathy transparency and a sense of humour to your work. (Delightful Work)
  

What Youll Do

Heres what youll do:

• Partner with senior technical leaders to define the platform roadmap and drive strategic infrastructure initiatives.
  
  
• Lead the delivery of complex cross-functional engineering projects that strengthen our cloud systems.
  
  
• Champion agile practices that foster predictable delivery fast feedback loops and continuous improvement.
  
  
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor helping engineers grow and ensuring strong technical decision-making.
  
  
• Build and retain top engineering talent creating an environment of trust accountability and excellence.
  
  
• Drive improvements in cloud efficiency reliability and scalability ensuring our systems evolve to meet future needs.
  
  
• Communicate progress and outcomes clearly across teams and stakeholders creating alignment and visibility.
  

What You Bring

Some of the qualities that help you thrive in this role:

• 8 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering scalable high-quality systems.
  
  
• 2 years of experience managing engineers including hiring coaching and career development.
  
  
• Experience leading teams working with cloud infrastructure (AWS GCP or Azure) and data warehousing (e.g. Snowflake).
  
  
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure tooling (e.g. CircleCI GitHub Actions Terraform DataDog Docker CloudFormation).
  
  
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and experience championing them across teams.
  
  
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects from concept to delivery balancing technical trade-offs and business goals.
  
  
• Excellent communication skills clear empathetic and tailored to different audiences.
  
  
• A track record of mentoring engineers and fostering high-performing feedback-driven teams. xf(QS55
  
  
• Nice to have: Experience with Generative AI and applying it to solve real-world infrastructure problems.
  

Compensation & Perks

We believe in fair transparent compensation.
Starting salary for this role is $150000 $170000 depending on previous experience and skillset plus a performance-based annual bonus.

New hires are expected to come in at the midpoint of this range. However if this role sounds perfect for you and your expectations are outside of this range we encourage you to apply and let us know if its a great fit well have an open discussion around whats possible.

Plus:

• Remote-first culture (with plenty of in-person experiences sprinkled in)
  
  
• Company-wide closure between December 25th and January 1st
  
  
• Health and dental benefits including a $1000 healthcare spending account
  
  
• RRSP/TFSA contributions up to $3000 a year (no employee contribution required!)
  
  
• Twice-yearly company-wide summits (we call it HQ and youll love it)
  
  
• A delightful team of smart people who are good at what they do
  

Location

This role is open to candidates eligible to work in Canada with the exception of Quebec (were not set up to operate there yet désolé!).
Were remote-first but if youre based in Toronto even better thats where we were founded and where we maintain our HQ today!

A Bit More About Us

commonsku supports hundreds of promotional products distributors and suppliers with technology that drives efficiency growth and connection.
Our skummunity

Weve grown by being for promo by promo and now were scaling our impact to elevate the entire industry.
Wed love your help doing it.

A Note About AI

We use AI every day at commonsku to be faster and better.
If you use AI tools to help you draft your resume or cover letter thats totally fine just make sure what you submit reflects you.
We want to hear your authentic voice not ChatGPTs.

How to Apply

If this role feels like a fit apply now at
try our level best to review and respond to every application we receive. Once youve applied youll hear from our People team with an update.
If it looks like a good fit expect a phone interview as the first step.

By the way you dont need to meet 100% of the requirements. We value potential learning and diversity of thought.
Tell us why youre excited and lets chat.

commonsku is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Were committed to building a diverse team that reflects the skummunity we serve. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds experiences and identities.

Required Experience:

Manager