Engineering Manager - MEDFAR Clinical Solutions, Montreal

About the role

The Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering owns the health, output, and growth of MEDFAR’s foundational technical functions: Cloud Engineering, Core Architecture. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for the organization and management of technical teams working to scale reliable, maintainable systems. You will bridge the gap between platform strategy and technical execution, ensuring product teams can move faster through reusable capabilities and robust operational standards.

By joining MEDFAR, you will be part of a purpose-driven organization whose product is disrupting and digitizing health care, making doctors’ and healthcare workers’ lives easier, while enabling better patient health outcomes. Becoming a MEDFARian also means having the opportunity to be part of an innovative community and working in a dynamic environment where your work will have a meaningful and tangible effect not only on your team and the business but most importantly on the healthcare industry.

Your impact

You will drive core responsibilities spanning people leadership, platform strategy, cloud governance, and operational reliability.

• Lead, coach, and mentor senior technical contributors (Platform, SREs, and DevOps), owning hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
• Lead the evolution of Cloud and Core Engineering into a cohesive, platform-oriented function with clear ownership and rituals.
• Foster an environment of technical excellence, pragmatism, and a platform-as-a-product mindset to serve internal engineering customers.
• Define and execute the roadmap for shared services, developer enablement tools, and cloud foundations.
• Balance long-term strategic investments with immediate operational needs, modernization efforts, and tech debt reduction.
• Partner with product teams to identify friction points and deliver reusable patterns that improve autonomy and deployment speed.
• Oversee cloud spending management (FinOps) and vendor relationships to ensure the platform remains cost-effective and compliant as it scales.
• Strengthen production readiness, IaC, backup/DR strategies, and observability across cloud environments (Azure/AWS).
• Evolve the incident response framework, including escalation paths and post-incident learning (RCAs) to drive long-term reliability.
• Define and monitor SLOs/SLIs and ensure sustainable on-call practices.
• Champion engineering standards for security, testability, and maintainability.
• Facilitate technical discussions across domains, communicating trade-offs and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

To qualify for this senior technical leadership position, candidates must meet specific professional, technical, and language criteria.

• 10+ years of total software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in a formal engineering management role.
• Proven track record in a high-growth SaaS environment, managing platforms that support large-scale, distributed customer-facing applications.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Experience leading teams through the modernization of legacy or monolithic systems into cloud-native architectures.
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure (preferred) or AWS, including cloud architecture, security, and scalability.
• Strong background in Microsoft-oriented environments (.NET, C#, SQL Server) and modern DevOps tooling (CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform).
• Ability to engage in deep technical discussions with Staff Engineers and Architects without needing to write production code daily.
• Systems thinker with the ability to create structure in ambiguous environments and improve cross-team workflows.
• Delivery instinct driven by data and metrics (DORA, SLOs) to guide decisions and improve execution health.
• Ability to operate and lead effectively in an English work environment. French is a plus, and fluency in both French and English is required at MEDFAR due to global and cross-provincial communication needs.

Why you'll love it here

MEDFAR offers a comprehensive suite of benefits, flexible working conditions, and a culture centered on transparency, collaboration, and innovation.

• Remote work and flexibility supporting work-life balance
• RRSP contribution
• Healthcare insurance from day one
• Paid time off: 3 weeks plus 1 additional week between Christmas and New Year
• Annual training allowance to support your professional development
• An onboarding program to help you get familiar with our environment and the digital healthcare field
• All IT equipment is provided, with additional gear if needed
• Internal growth opportunities including promotions and internal mobility
• Support from a wellness and social committee fostering team cohesion, mental health, and employee well-being
• A company culture focused on transparency, collaboration, and innovation