Engineering Manager in Toronto

We're building the next generation of AI-powered software for tax and accounting professionals, and we're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team shaping the future of CoCounsel Tax. This team was formed from Thomson Reuters' acquisition of the AI startup Materia and combines the agility of a startup with the resources of a global leader.

As Engineering Manager, you will:

• Build and grow the team. Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing group of backend and AI engineers.
• Drive velocity and engineering health. Partner with engineering leaders to improve team processes, rituals, code review, and ways of working so engineers can ship faster with confidence.
• Set direction with product and design. Collaborate with PM and Design on road mapping and longer-term planning, ensuring the team is organized around the right priorities with clear ownership.
• Be a thought partner on agentic tax workflows. Help shape the technical direction of a more agentic future for tax workflows.
• Scope AI features end-to-end. Be involved early in the design and scoping of AI-driven features across the product, working closely with Labs/Research teams.
• Remove friction across the org. Identify and resolve cross-team blockers so engineers can focus on the highest-leverage work, and drive process improvements that scale across the broader organization.
• Grow domain depth. Over time, develop deep expertise in the tax ecosystem, and the automation opportunities within it.

You're a fit for the role of Engineering Manager, if your background includes:

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Track record of leading teams that ship production-grade backend systems at scale.
• Strong technical foundation in backend development and cloud infrastructure; comfortable diving into architecture discussions, code reviews, and design decisions.
• Experience partnering with PM, Design, and cross-functional leaders to set strategy and execute against it.
• Excellent communicator; able to set clear goals, give direct feedback, and align stakeholders across an org.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where priorities evolve quickly.

Preferred Experience:

• Shipping AI-driven or agentic systems in production (LLM orchestration, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation pipelines, etc.).
• Strong technical foundation in Python and AWS.
• Familiarity with modern LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and how to productionize them reliably.
• Background managing mixed teams of backend and AI/ML engineers.
• Exposure to tax, accounting, or other regulated professional domains.

What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans including flexible vacation, mental health days off, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, and resources for wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We help our customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.