Front-End Engineering Manager

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Windscribe is a leading cyber security and privacy company launched in April 2016 and now with more than 70 million users. We believe that the internet was created so that people across the globe could have access to any type of information no matter where they are. Our mission is to transform the internet with easy-to-use yet powerful privacy and security tools that allow anyone to circumvent censorship access geographically restricted content and minimize their exposure to marketers criminals and surveillance dragnets. Our well-received applications have appeared on Lifehacker Techradar and CNET.

Headquartered in Toronto Canada Windscribe operates two products:
Windscribe is a suite of privacy anonymity and anti-censorship tools for the masses.
Control D is a modern and customizable DNS service that blocks threats unwanted content and ads - on all devices. Onboard in minutes and forget about it.

We now wish to hire an exceptional talent to drive frontend engineering excellence by leading the design delivery and continuous improvement of fast accessible secure and highly usable client-facing web experiences that reflect Windscribes technical leadership privacy values and product quality standards.

Duties & Objectives

Technical Leadership
Partner with senior frontend engineers and existing technical leaders to guide frontend architecture standards and best practices.
Collaborate with company leadership to ensure frontend technical direction aligns with broader product platform and business strategy.
Facilitate technical decision-making by ensuring the right engineers are involved trade-offs are clearly articulated and decisions are documented.
Support and reinforce high-quality frontend architecture rather than acting as the sole source of technical authority.
Help balance technical excellence with delivery needs by aligning engineering priorities with business goals.
Act as a technical sounding board and escalation point when needed without displacing strong IC ownership.
Encourage healthy technical debate experimentation and continuous improvement across the frontend team.

People & Team Leadership
Directly manage frontend engineers providing mentorship feedback and performance evaluation.
Foster a culture of ownership accountability craftsmanship and continuous learning.
Develop engineers technical depth in frontend technologies UX awareness and system thinking.
Ensure sustainable team velocity without sacrificing quality or long-term maintainability.

Delivery & Process Excellence
Own frontend delivery timelines and execution quality.
Establish and enforce disciplined engineering practices:
Code reviews
Automated testing
CI/CD quality gates
Consistent release cycles with low regression rates
Balance rapid iteration with technical debt management.

Skills & Competencies

Technical Expertise
Deep expertise in modern frontend technologies:
JavaScript / TypeScript
React or equivalent modern frameworks
(or similar SSR/SSG frameworks)
Strong understanding of frontend architecture and design patterns.
Strong knowledge of browser security:
CSRF CORS XSS
Authentication and session handling
Privacy-sensitive UI design
Experience optimizing frontend performance at scale.
Solid understanding of web and networking fundamentals (HTTP TLS DNS caching CDNs).
Familiarity with automated testing strategies (unit integration E2E).

Execution
Highly organized with strong prioritization and delivery discipline.
Ability to make rapid well-reasoned technical and people decisions.
Strong sense of ownership for outcomes not just output.
Comfortable operating in an autonomous asynchronous environment.

Collaboration & Communication
Clear direct and precise communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to provide candid constructive feedback while maintaining trust.
Strong collaboration with backend engineering to ensure cohesive end-to-end systems.
Ability to align engineers around shared goals and standards.

Maturity & Leadership
High emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
Ability to manage conflict pressure and ambiguity effectively.
Leads by example with technical credibility and strong execution.
Commitment to continuous improvement personally and across the team.

Compensation and benefits

160K - 180K CAD per year
Downtown Toronto Office where you can spend your time building products that millions of people use every day
and browse the web privately the way it was meant to be
Take a break in the office with entertainments like VR stations with dozens of games foosball TV PlayStation
Stock option program yearly bonuses and opportunities for advancement (Based on performance)
Comprehensive vision and dental plan
Wellness programs (Subscription to meditation apps etc.)
3 weeks paid vacation as well as holidays (Christmas) week off

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