Head of Engineering

Our Business: Engineered Intelligence Inc. (EII) is a power infrastructure technology company with headquarters in Calgary and offices in Toronto. We built a cloud-based software product, ENGIN, that is focused on helping our clients manage their transmission and distribution assets. ENGIN, enables our clients to monitor and maintain the condition of their assets and networks. ENGIN, is analytics-driven, with machine learning workloads and a vision of AI assisted planning.

With our intensive knowledge of grid-level assets, we provide our clients with the white glove experience. From software implementation, maintenance, and assistance with regulatory matters to ensure their grids are managed safely and with optimal cost efficiency.

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Who we are:We are a lean, fully remote team of professionals spanning across Canada who truly enjoy working together. We are alight with passion over building this remarkable business from the ground up. Everything we do matters. We are all experts in our field working together to build a strong company and achieve exceptional career milestones.

• We value Teamworkas we believe great people do great things. We invest in our people and work together to achieve both individual and shared goals.

• We areCommitted to our Customersas our customers were our inspiration, now they are our focus.

• We valueInnovation & Diversity. We explore how to do what has yet to be done; We celebrate the limitless value diverse teams bring to innovation.

• We takeOwnership. This means we take initiative to exceed expectations and exercise accountability every step of the way.

The Position:Are you a strategic leader with a passion for building exceptional software and empowering teams to thrive? Engineered Intelligence Inc. is looking for an experienced and driven Head of Engineeringto lead our talented development team as we continue to scale.

In this role, you'll have the unique opportunity to shape and implement the strategy for growing our development team, manage capacity and budgets, and ensure the right people and resources are in place to succeed. You'll collaborate closely with our CTO and the Head of Product, while working cross-functionally with designers and other key stakeholders to bring our product roadmap to life.

This is a leadership role — it's a chance to lead by example, optimize development workflows, and cultivate a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Skills

Background

• 10+ years of experience with hands-on software development roles, including 5+ years in a management role

• Past experience working in a start-up would be an asset.

• Must be able to write code

Proven technical skills

• Significant hands-on experience in full-stack software development is required, preferably in our technology stack (see below).

• Proven experience taking software products and features through design, implementation, testing, and release in an agile environment.

• Strong knowledge of architecture patterns for modern SaaS and mobile applications.

Proven leadership skills

• Strategic thinker, able to tackle complex technical problems.

• Proven leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring and guiding engineering teams.

• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate to technical and non-technical teams.

• Experience leading distributed teams and implementing effective communication, collaboration, and development workflows in a remote-first environment.

Preference for experience in the following domains:

• Performance optimization for analytics-heavy web applications

• Experience in process engineering, familiarity with utilities, energy services, power generation, and/or renewables.

Key Responsibilities

Participate within a fast-growing start-up company with evolving requirements, where ownership and hands-on contribution is expected from every team member.

• Success in this role will be measured by: development team throughput, meeting product delivery timelines, stability of the software (bug leakage, performance), growth and employee satisfaction within the team.

You are the Principal Engineer, accountable for outcomes from the software development team.

• Play a hands-on role in all aspects of software development, especially in initial stages as the team grows.

• The Head of Engineering is expected to actively contribute to coding, architecture, and technical problem-solving, ensuring direct engagement with the codebase and development workflows.

• The successful candidate will balance strategic leadership with active technical participation.

Lead a high-performing software development team responsible for building a SaaS application for fixed asset analytics and investment planning.

• Demonstrate technical knowledge by providing direction, mentorship, and advice on system design, development, and implementation

• Lead and mentor the development team, including performance management and compensation, skills development, and aligning career goals with business objectives

• Recruit, interview, and onboard to shape the team based on your strategy and company goals

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams such as product and delivery to understand requirements and delivery effective solutions

• Communicate with leadership to align priorities, manage capacity and expectations, and allocate resources effectively

• Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement

• Implement best practices for software development to ensure high-quality and scalable software, delivered on time and on budget

• Maintain the SDLC and evaluate technologies, tools, and techniques for improving efficiency

Technologies we use:

• Java, Scala, Spring framework, Python, Apache Spark, Node.JS, Angular2+, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Bitbucket, AWS, Docker, Jenkins, Microsoft suite (Office 365, Teams)

What we offer

• Fully remote work with offices in Calgary and Toronto.

• Flexible work hours (Core working hours 10:00AM to 3:00PM).

• Autonomy with a wide range of responsibilities, opportunities for advancement, and cross-disciplinary exposure.

• Stock options so you can realize the value created with your work in the organization.

• The opportunity to put your skills to work, add milestones to your resume, and be part of something great from the early stages of a promising business.

• Interactive and supportive remote workplace culture.

• Competitive compensation package.

• Paid time off and Benefits.

• Health spending account.