MaintainX

SaaS

SeniorSoftwareEngineeringManager,Platform

CA$155–215k ~AI est. Montreal, Quebec, Canada FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineering Manager, Platform at MaintainX. Skills: Platform Engineering, AI-native platform strategy, Reliability engineering, Manager of managers. Own roadmap and operating model. Set division-level priorities”

What You'll Achieve.

Boost reliability; Boost performance; Boost efficiency; Improve engineering velocity; Improve developer experience; Build customer trust

Industry & Context.

SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Identify organizational bottlenecks; Eliminate bottlenecks

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years in software engineering, 5+ years in engineering leadership, 2+ years managing managers, Technical depth in distributed systems, Technical depth in backend frameworks, Technical depth in mobile frameworks, Technical depth in platform engineering, Technical depth in reliability engineering, Track record owning platform teams, Track record owning infrastructure teams, AI-forward experience

Nice to Have

Experience leading testing frameworks, Experience leading quality engineering, Experience leading developer productivity platform, Hands-on scaling developer platforms, Familiarity with CMMS, Familiarity with IoT, Familiarity with industrial SaaS

What You'll Do.

Own roadmap and operating model

Set division-level priorities

Manage cross-team dependencies

Translate business goals

Lead and develop managers

Coach on people development

Coach on technical judgment

Coach on organizational effectiveness

Set engineering standards

Drive AI-native platform strategy

Ensure org extracts AI leverage

Own division-level reliability

Manage incident response frameworks

Manage on-call health

Manage systemic path from incident to prevention

Partner with peer leaders

Represent Platform Engineering to business

Translate infrastructure investment

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-team dependencies; Peer engineering leaders; Platform Engineering to business; Product; Finance; Executive stakeholders

Communication Scope

Represent platform complexity; Translate tradeoffs

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning, Operating model

Full Job Description

MaintainX is the world's leading AI-powered maintenance and asset management platform, serving 13,000+ customers including Duracell, Shell, Cintas, and Brenntag. We raised $150M in Series D funding https://www.getmaintainx.com/newsroom/maintainx-raises-150m led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, bringing our total funding to $254M. We were named to the Forbes 2025 Cloud 100 https://www.getmaintainx.com/blog/maintainx-named-to-2025-forbes-cloud-100, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. We're growing fast and hiring the talent to match. MaintainX is the leading AI-powered Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform built for the modern world. Our mission is to make the lives of blue-collar workers easier worldwide by providing intuitive, mobile-first software that helps teams keep the physical world running. MaintainX powers operational excellence for 12,000+ businesses including Duracell, Univar Solutions Inc., Titan America, McDonald's, Brenntag, Cintas, Xylem, and Shell. We recently completed a $150 million Series D round, bringing our total funding to $254 million and valuing the company at $2.5 billion. We’re redefining how maintenance and operations teams work—transforming maintenance from a cost center into a strategic lever for growth. MaintainX fuses enterprise strength with consumer simplicity, empowering organizations to boost reliability, performance, and efficiency. THE OPPORTUNITY We're looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead MaintainX's Platform division — the seven foundational teams every product engineer builds on: AI Builder, DevOps, Compliance, Testing Frameworks, Backend Frameworks, Mobile Frameworks, and SRE. This is a manager-of-managers role for someone who wants to define how a high-growth engineering org operates at scale. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering: set division-level priorities, manage cross-team dependencies, and

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