Engineering Manager - Adaptive Telemetry (AI)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager - Adaptive Telemetry (AI): Leading and developing a team of engineers to build and optimize telemetry databases and adaptive solutions for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles with an accent on team growth, project delivery, and fostering innovation. Focus on driving high-quality results in distributed systems, aligning with business objectives, and leveraging AI-assisted development tools.

Location: Remote, seeking candidates in the United States and Canada time zones

Salary: CAD 186,368 - CAD 223,642

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source company providing a composable observability platform that integrates metrics, logs, traces, and profiles with Grafana Cloud.

What you will do

• Manage and develop a team of engineers, providing feedback and supporting career growth.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering leadership to define group goals aligned with business objectives.
• Guide projects through the full lifecycle from ideation to post-launch, ensuring consistent high-quality results.
• Foster a psychologically safe environment for learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to cross-team projects and partner with other functions to solve customer problems.

Requirements

• Motivated self-starter with a strong bias toward action and ownership, able to navigate ambiguity.
• Comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment.
• Experienced in guiding engineers, leading initiatives, and driving projects to successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity, align stakeholders, and elevate team performance.
• Deeply customer-focused, grounding decisions in user needs and real-world impact.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, fault tolerance, consistency, and observability.
• Comfort with AI-assisted tooling and practical experience incorporating them into team workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture with talent from around the world.
• Opportunity to tackle meaningful work in a high-growth environment.
• Transparent communication, open decision-making, and regular company-wide updates.
• Innovation-driven culture with autonomy and support for new ideas.
• Open-source roots and community-driven values.
• High trust, low ego culture valuing outcomes over optics.
• Defined career growth pathways.
• Approachable leadership and passionate, supportive team.
• 30 days of annual leave (including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days).
• In-person onboarding for new hires.