Job description
Company Description
At Xplor, we believe that helping people make the most of each day is the most rewarding way to spend ours. We give businesses cloud-based, intuitive technology solutions that enable them to manage all the hassles of running and growing a business, so business owners can get back to doing what they love.
We are unified by our purpose of helping people to succeed. So, when you become part of our team, you also become part of the personal connection that strengthens the relationship people have with Xplor products.
Job Description
Mariana Tek by Xplor builds innovative and intuitive solutions that enable boutique fitness studio owners to connect their clients with amazing fitness experiences. Pilates. Yoga. Bootcamp. Barre — you name it. We offer the services they need, so they can focus on what really matters — helping their members and clients succeed. We take all the complexities of running a studio and make it easy to use, brand-centric, and fitness-focused.
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Studio team creating the best in-studio and studio management experiences in the industry. You are someone who loves to build, lead, and mentor development teams in a face-paced environment. We’re growing quickly and have a lot of impactful features to deliver.
The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a cross-functional team of software engineers. You will own the Mariana Tek Admin application, the studio-facing software that runs day-to-day operations and point of sale, and be responsible for delivering strategic product and technical initiatives to grow the business. In this role, you will be accountable for ensuring consistent delivery and help steer the technology stack and engineering processes to be as efficient as possible. You will be accountable for growing the engineers on your team and helping them progress along their career path.
The Studio team is fully remote and primarily based in North America, but will sometimes work with contractors in EU or other time zones.
Essential Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and manage an engineering team working on the Mariana Tek Admin product to deliver rapid product iterations.
- Ensure team members have clear career goals, and use them to build a career development plan.
- Work with team members to ensure the team is meeting or exceeding performance expectations.
- Utilize KPIs like cycle time, deployment frequency, and change failure rate as data points to help the team improve.
- Celebrate the team’s accomplishments. Work not only as a mentor but as the primary advocate for your team.
- Work with team leads, architects, and security across engineering to help define, advocate, and achieve the overall technical vision of the Mariana Tek product.
- Work closely with cross functional stakeholders to develop the product roadmap.
- Actively participate in planning to ensure the team understands and buys into the business goals they are working towards.
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience building web applications. Bonus points for experience building SaaS platforms or point of sale systems. Extra bonus points if you’ve worked on ecommerce or fitness products.
- 2+ years (most recently) leading/managing software development teams.
- Experience with agile software development methodologies and iterative development.
- Experience working with stakeholders to create and execute quarterly product roadmaps.
- Able to manage, mentor, and lead software engineers of various levels of experience.
- Able to create a culture that fosters high performing teams with a focus on developing their talents and passions.
- Experience in delivering scalable, maintainable, extensible, and performant software.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and kindly with technical and non-technical colleagues.
Our tech stack includes Python, Django, Node.js, Ember.js, React, PostgreSQL and more.
Additional Information
What does it mean to work for Xplor?
Our four core values - Make life simple, Build for people, Move with purpose and Create lasting communities - are key to who we are and guide us from how we hire to how we recognise our team members.
Life at Xplor
You’ll be part of a global network of talented colleagues who support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.
Some of the perks of working with us:
- 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer
- #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
- Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
- Access to free mental health support
- Flexible working arrangements
The average base salary pay range for this role is between $180,000- $230,000 CAD
May be considered for a discretionary bonus
We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, via [email protected].
More about us
We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing “everyday life” verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024.
Good to know
To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorized to work in the location (country) you’re applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time.
We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don’t send your application via email.
To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers.
We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process www.xplortechnologies.com/recruitment-faqs.
EEO and Artificial Intelligence
Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don’t have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us.
Xplor is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We’re dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community.
We make it a priority to respond to each person who applies.
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