Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Integration team responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining the systems that power seamless integrations between Achievers’ core platform and our ecosystem of third-party partners, and internal services. This is a highly technical leadership role suited for someone who thrives in distributed systems, API platforms, integrations, and crossfunctional collaboration.
This is a full-time permanent hybrid opportunity - 2 days/week in our Liberty Village office downtown.
Why you`ll love this role:
- Help shape the next generation of Achievers’ connected platform, used by millions of employees worldwide.
- Be part of a culture that values innovation, autonomy, and continuous learning.
- Work with modern technologies in a distributed, high-scale environment.
- Join a collaborative leadership team invested in your growth and career path.
How you’ll shape our Platform services:
- Lead delivery of high impact integration capabilities, including APIs, webhooks, event streams and workflow orchestration.
- Translate product and platform strategy into executable technical roadmaps and quarterly objectives.
- Ensure our integration surfaces (APIs, pipelines, adapters) are secure, well documented, highly reliable, and optimized for enterprise scale.
- Collaborate with external technology partners to build and maintain efficient bidirectional data flows.
- Ensure SLIs/SLOs for integration related services are met through robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices.
- Build, coach, and mentor a team of backend and integration engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, psychological safety, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
Experience we feel will set you up for success:
- Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS), and event-driven architectures.
- 6+ years in backend or platform engineering in a senior capacity with at least 2+ years in an engineering leadership/management role.
- Deep hand-on experience building and scaling API-driven platforms, microservices, and integration systems (REST, gRPC, webhooks, event streams).
- Experience leading projects/teams responsible for external partner integrations, API ecosystems, platform infrastructure, or data synchronization.
- Strong communication skills and comfort working with cross-functional partners, executives, and external entities.
Why Achievers is a Great Place to Work™
At Achievers, we believe recognition is a powerful driver of connection. With more than 4.3 million users across 190 countries, our employee recognition and rewards platform empowers organizations to build cultures where people feel seen and valued, everyday. We’re a team of passionate, thoughtful builders who care deeply about our product, our customers, and each other. Visit achievers.com to see how we’re inspiring recognition everywhere.
Our Approach to Total Rewards
$140,000 - $165,000 reflects the salary range for this role, depending on experience, skills, and market data.We’re committed to providing a fair and competitive offer based on what you bring to the team. Each A-Players’ compensation is reviewed at least annually against performance and impact in role. We want you to see your path to growth, understand your impact, and feel valued every step of the way.
Benefits and Perks for permanent full-time employees:
✨ Rewards for your impact through our Recognition and Rewards program
🩺 Health Benefits and Life Insurance Coverage beginning on your first day
👶🏼 Parental Leave Top-up
🙌🏼 Employer matched RRSP contributions
🏖️ Flexible Vacation to recharge, so you can bring your best
🤝🏽 Employee and Family Assistance Program offering mental health, legal, and financial counselling
🚀 Supported professional development and career growth (LinkedIn Learning, mentorship)
👏🏼 Employee-Led Employee Resource Groups that celebrate our diversity
🧘♀️ Regular events designed to build connection, belonging, and well-being
🇨🇦 Hybrid flexibility, with time in our beautiful Liberty Village, Toronto office
This posting is for a currently vacancy on our team.
Achievers is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.
Achievers is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any accommodations for your interview, such as assistive technology, wheelchair accessibility, or alternative formats of materials, please let us know. We are happy to make necessary arrangements to support your needs.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools help our recruitment team but never replace decisions made by real people. We believe in a human-first approach to hiring, where your experience, personality, and potential are recognized by people, not algorithms, and where final hiring decisions are made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
