Manager, Software Engineer (Technology Solutions)

Location: Toronto, Canada (25 York St Suite 1201, Toronto, ON M5J 2V5)

Vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role at WildBrain’s Toronto office.

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work. 

Find a job that lets your imagination run wild! 
WildBrain is made up of a team of innovators and creators who bring industry-leading kids’ content and brands to families globally. We inspire imagination, put creativity first and believe in the power of storytelling. We are constantly connecting the powers of our global team, making WildBrain a collaborative, openminded and passionate environment to work in.  To work at WildBrain means you get to create stories that lets imaginations run wild. Join our team today and make us part of your story!  

About the Role 
Reporting to the VP, Technology Solutions, you’ll be the creative engine behind how we build, evolve, and scale the internal products and services that fuel WildBrain’s global entertainment engine. If you’re a builder, a mentor, a visionary, and someone who gets excited about solving problems - this is your playground.

Key Responsibilities;

• • Owns the overall vision and approach for how we build our internally developed products and services.
  • Manages team of software engineers.
  • Accountable for and maintains the engineering standards, policies and principles.
  • Collaborates with product management and project teams to ensure greatest value achieved for the company through the engineering team’s work
  • Works with management team to shape the strategy and overall direction of for the technology products developed and maintained in house to support business objectives.
  • Leads software engineering team in the design and development of high-volume, high-performance, high-availability, VOD publishing, workflows, reporting, integrations, applications using modern frameworks and technologies.
  • Works with project teams on scoping and timeline estimates for software development initiatives.
  • Creates functional requirements and technical design documentation.
  • Understands and works with YouTube and other diverse 3rd party APIs to build and maintain delivery scheduling and reporting tools.
  • Leads the development of middleware to provide integration between first- and third-party systems, databases, and tools 
  • Works closely with platform engineering team to design robust, cost-efficient workloads to run in AWS and WildBrain’s private cloud
  • Owns the strategy and standards on how we write, test and deploy code.
  • Reviews, validates and correlates all technical documentation.
  • Retrospectively reviews the output of others to identify future improvements and advances in techniques.

What you'll bring; 

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field and / or post graduate Internet related Certificate, or equivalent working experience
• Experience developing high traffic applications with Python and php
• Experience with SQL, at least one DBMS, Database Design, NoSQL, performance tuning and migration/ETL
• Understanding of and comfortable working with continuous integration pipelines [Git], tools [GitHub Actions], and automation [Docker, Swarm])  
• Understanding of front-end development, libraries, and frameworks (HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery UI, Bootstrap, Vue, React) 
• Comfortable working in and developing for Linux environments (Ubuntu/Amazon Linux), and with bash/shell scripting
• Deep understanding of and ability to resolve issues arising from core internet technologies, concepts, and mechanisms (DNS, SSH, origin-pull CDNs, CORS, secure origin, etc) 
• Understanding of working in, and developing/integrating distributed applications and microservices for, cloud environments (AWS, private cloud)
• Able to adhere to and keep up to date with current and evolving best practices relating to security and development methodologies 
• Strong understanding of integrating with third party web services and systems via REST APIs 
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• Familiarity with Laravel Vapor and Laravel Nova a plus
• Familiarity with Big Query a plus
• AWS Developer certification a plus

What We Offer 

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful, and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive benefits, and we invest in our people and their future.  

Total Rewards 

At WildBrain, we strive for equitable and consistent pay practices within a robust total rewards framework. Compensation may vary within the same role based on experience, performance, specialized expertise, and overall impact.  

Compensation: $110,000 - $120,000 CAD (with bonus eligibility). Base salary is part of a comprehensive total rewards package that includes: 

• Paid time off 

• Retirement savings with company matching 

• Comprehensive health and dental coverage, with shared premium costs from day one. 

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 

• Hybrid work model 

Our Hiring Process 

• Initial virtual screening with our Talent Acquisition team 

• Interview with the hiring manager (virtual or in person, TBD) 

• Interview with 2–3 key business partners (virtual or in person, TBD) 

• Role-specific assessment, where applicable 

AI in Our Hiring Process 

We use artificial intelligence (AI) to support and enhance the recruitment experience—for example, by organizing applications or surfacing relevant qualifications. AI is never used to make hiring decisions. All decisions are made by our hiring managers and recruitment professionals. AI tools used in our recruitment process are subject to rigorous privacy, security, and risk assessments and are applied in alignment with WildBrain’s Inclusive Hiring framework. We believe technology should enhance human judgment, not replace it. 

Our Commitment 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.  

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required. 

About WildBrain 

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. A leader in 360° franchise management—spanning Content Creation, Audience Engagement and Global Licensing—our mission is to cultivate and grow love for our own and partner brands through exceptional entertainment experiences. Home to such franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi, we produce such acclaimed series as The Snoopy Show, Snoopy in Space, Camp Snoopy, Teletubbies Let’s Go!, Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, Sonic Prime and Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City. With a library of approximately 14,000 half-hours, our shows reach kids and families everywhere, including on our YouTube network, which has generated more than 1.7 trillion minutes of watch time. Our consumer products licensing arm, WildBrain CPLG, represents our own and partner brands in every major territory worldwide.

Headquartered in Toronto, WildBrain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.