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About the Role

Wattpad is seeking a leader to build and operate the systems that power its reader and writer experiences across mobile and web. This role involves leading and developing the engineering leadership team, shaping technical direction, and strengthening data engineering capabilities to support a future powered by personalization, content intelligence, experimentation, and AI. The ideal candidate will foster a culture of technical excellence, curiosity, accountability, urgency, collaboration, and continuous learning, while deepening partnerships between Engineering, Product, Design, Data, Content, and Trust & Safety.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the engineering leadership team across architecture, client engineering, platform, and data engineering.
Continue strengthening engineering delivery, planning, estimation, and technical roadmapping.
Shape the technical direction of Wattpad alongside senior technical leaders.
Strengthen Data Engineering capabilities and foundations.
Help teams make strong, timely technical decisions and thoughtful tradeoffs.
Build an engineering culture where teams are proactive problem solvers.
Develop strong engineering leaders who can operate with increasing autonomy.
Continue evolving engineering operating practices for clarity, communication, and rigor.
Deepen the partnership between Engineering, Product, Design, Data, Content, and Trust & Safety.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, curiosity, accountability, urgency, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams and senior engineering leaders.
Experience leading a multi team engineering organization across areas engineering, infrastructure, and data.
Strong technical depth and architectural judgment.
Experience leading or partnering closely with Data Engineering and a strong understanding of modern data platforms, pipelines, architecture, and analytics infrastructure.
Demonstrated experience improving engineering operating practices, including planning, estimation, technical roadmapping, delivery, ownership, and incident response.
Strong people leadership and coaching skills.
Proven ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous environments, evaluate tradeoffs, and move teams from problem identification to resolution.
Strong cross functional leadership skills and experience partnering closely with Product, Design, Data, and other business functions.
Experience leading through organizational or technical change while maintaining team engagement and delivery.
Equivalent practical experience is valued.

Skills

Technical judgment
Architectural judgment
Data Engineering
Modern data platforms
Data pipelines
Data architecture
Analytics infrastructure
Engineering operating practices
Planning
Estimation
Technical roadmapping
Delivery
Ownership
Incident response
People leadership
Coaching
Cross functional leadership
Problem solving
Decision making
Collaboration
Continuous learning
Accountability
Urgency

Location

Toronto

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

10+ years of progressive software engineering experience
5+ years leading engineering teams and senior engineering leaders

Salary/Compensations

$240,000 - $280,000 a year

Benefits

Career development
Mentorship
Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
Health/wellness account
RRSP Contributions (Canada)
401K Contributions (USA)
Generous vacation
Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
Corporate discount for gym memberships
Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
Winter break shutdown

About the Company

Wattpad's vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories.
A leading global webnovel platform, Wattpad has democratized storytelling for a new generation of diverse Gen Z writers and their fans.
Wattpad is part of WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem, where approximately 155 million monthly active users discover incredible stories in multiple formats.
Wattpad is part of the WEBTOON Entertainment family of brands, home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms.
WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--WEBTOON Productions, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.
Entrepreneurs and Do-ers.
Our mission is to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world.
We are visionaries, community builders, passionate problem solvers, storytellers, coffee snobs (tea drinkers, too!), curious by nature, and culturally diverse.
We are obsessed with our users, solving complex problems and maximizing flow, learning constantly, building the next great storytelling product, finding the greatest stories ever told, dogs (and cats), coffee, and good snacks.
We work autonomously, collaboratively, respectfully, balancing with work, family, and play.

Equal Opportunity

Wattpad is an equal opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate.
Wattpad welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
We are committed to fostering a global team that reflects the diversity of the Wattpad community.
We consider employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other protected status.