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Engineering Manager

Tali AITorontoEngineering
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Salary
$180K - $230K CAD
Job type
Full-time
Posted
16 Jul 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Tali AI is hiring a full-time Engineering Manager based in Toronto to lead software, machine learning, and infrastructure teams. This player-coach position suits an experienced technical leader who enjoys developing talent, shaping engineering culture, and building AI-native systems in a fast-paced startup environment.

Role Overview

Reporting directly to the VP of Engineering, the Engineering Manager owns people leadership for a group of software, machine learning, and infrastructure engineers. Responsibilities include guiding team growth, managing performance and well-being, raising the talent bar, and shaping the overall engineering culture at Tali. This is a player-coach role, meaning the successful candidate stays close to technical work and rolls up their sleeves when necessary. The leader removes systemic bottlenecks, delegates effectively, and implements repeatable management systems while working closely with product management, design, customer success, and sales.

Key Responsibilities

Guide the professional development of engineers, helping senior engineers transition into staff engineering roles and defining technical leadership standards.
Own end-to-end delivery outcomes alongside cross-functional teams with zero internal walls.
Sustain team urgency and energy while preventing burnout.
Unblock team members daily regarding product decisions, technology choices, and prioritization.
Translate messy and ambiguous situations into clear goals so the team aligns and moves forward together.
Lead an AI-native team by decomposing ambiguous objectives into AI-executable tasks, evaluating outputs, and identifying durable AI infrastructure investments.
Innovate on the craft of engineering management and establish repeatable operational practices.

Requirements

7+ years of professional experience, including at least 3 years managing engineers at the senior and staff levels.
Demonstrated success in growing, leveling up, and promoting engineers on a technical leadership track.
Experience as a player-coach at a product company, scaling a small, high-output team while remaining close to the code.
Strong technical depth, demonstrated by shipping code or reviewing pull requests within the last few months.
Experience building or reshaping team rituals, tooling, culture, or processes to address business challenges.
Ability to reason from first principles and make sound judgments rather than relying blindly on playbooks.
Capacity to look past symptoms to model systemic causes for underperformance.
Commitment to Radical Candor, including the ability to accept and deliver difficult feedback with empathy.
Personal experience building, automating, or evaluating software using AI in production.

Nice to Have

Experience working in a regulated industry such as healthcare or finance.

Skills and Tools

People leadership and engineering management
Software, machine learning, and infrastructure oversight
AI-native workflow evaluation and decomposition
Systemic problem solving and first-principles thinking
Cross-functional collaboration with product, design, sales, and customer success

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary range of $180,000 to $230,000 CAD
Flexible work hours
Comprehensive health and wellness coverage starting on day one, featuring unmetered wellness days
Competitive paid time off, including a winter shutdown from December 25 to January 1, birthdays, Taliversaries, and extended long weekends
$2,000 in annual Knowledge Dollars for ongoing learning and professional development
Quarterly social events and company outings

About the Company

Tali AI is a fast-growing Canadian startup building a clinical operating system designed to reduce paperwork for healthcare providers. The platform integrates an ambient AI scribe, billing agent, scheduling tools, and clinical decision support into a single system utilized by thousands of clinicians across Canada and the US. Recognized as one of LinkedIn's Top Startups of 2025 and participating in the Digital Supercluster Project, Tali operates by core values of being bold, resourceful, candid, and caring.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Tali AI careers page to submit an application for this Toronto-based Engineering Manager position.

Questions candidates ask

What is the salary range for the Engineering Manager role?

The salary ranges from $180,000 to $230,000 CAD per year.

Is this a remote position?

No, this is a full-time role based in Toronto, Canada.

What experience is required for this position?

Candidates must have 7+ years of total experience, including at least 3 years managing engineers at the senior and staff levels, along with recent hands-on technical experience.

What benefits are offered?

Benefits include flexible work hours, day-one health and wellness coverage with unmetered wellness days, competitive PTO with a winter shutdown and extra long weekends, $2,000 in annual Knowledge Dollars, and quarterly company socials.

What kind of teams will the Engineering Manager lead?

The manager will lead a group of software, machine learning, and infrastructure engineers in an AI-native startup environment.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Tali AI careers page.

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