Engineering Manager

Role Summary

• •Lead and mentor a full-stack engineering team focused on front-end and back-end systems.
• •Drive innovation and technical delivery while improving performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• •Own architectural decisions including API-first design and decomposing monolithic systems into modular services.
• •Collaborate closely with Product Management and cross-functional teams to define and execute the roadmap.
• •Participate hands-on in coding, pair programming, agile ceremonies, and recruiting efforts.

About the Company

• •Kin is a pure-play digital insurer focused on the home insurance market with a direct-to-consumer model.
• •The company emphasizes customer-centric, seamless, and friction-free insurance experiences.
• •Recognized as a Best Place to Work and a fast-growing fintech startup with marquee investors.
• •Kin operates as a fully licensed carrier with reciprocal exchanges owned by policyholders.
• •The culture values forward-thinking, empathy, open communication, and high ownership.

What You Should Know

• •Role requires a player-coach mindset balancing hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities.
• •Candidates should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.
• •Strong emphasis on distributed systems architecture and cloud-native technologies (AWS).
• •The position is onsite in Ontario, Canada, requiring full-time local presence.
• •Opportunity to influence product innovation while ensuring system reliability and scalability.

Key Required Skills