Manager, Software Engineering

Who We Are:

KEV builds mission-critical financial software for K12 schools across North America. Our platform provides real-time visibility and control over how funds are collected and managed, replacing fragmented workflows with secure, modern systems that schools rely on every day.

Trusted by more than 27,000 K12 schools managing over $8B annually, KEV delivers mission-critical software for payments, accounting, and reporting, where reliability and security matter. Headquartered in Toronto with teams across North America, we are scaling quickly and investing deeply in cloud-native, data-driven technology.

KEV is a place for people who care about building durable software at scale and doing work that has real impact in public education. We focus on solving hard problems, raising the bar on engineering craft, and building products that earn long-term trust from the communities we serve.

About the Role

We are hiring a Engineering Manager to lead two product-focused engineering teams within KEV’s fundraising portfolio—products that directly support how schools raise and manage critical funds. The first team owns LunchBox, our school lunch ordering solution used daily by schools to support fundraising and meal operations on a scale. The second team will build and scale KEV’s Fundraising Platform, enabling campaign management and web stores that power student clubs, sports teams, and extracurricular activities across thousands of schools.

You will manage the Engineering Leads who run day-to-day execution within each team, sitting between the VP of Engineering and the Leads. You’ll work with Product to align on portfolio priorities, then hold your Leads and their teams accountable for turning that roadmap into predictable, on-time, quality delivery. You’ll also own the people side of the portfolio: developing your Leads into stronger managers and technical leaders, planning capacity, and building the leadership bench the portfolio needs as it grows.

This is a senior engineering leadership role for someone who leads through other leaders, but still owns real technical ground. You will set technical direction for teams working in React, .NET, and API-driven microservices on Azure, making the pragmatic calls on architecture, modernization, and scalability that the portfolio needs. The job is defined by delivery ownership, team health, and long-term organizational thinking just as much as by that technical range.

How You’ll Contribute

• Engineering Leadership: Manage and develop the Engineering Leads across the portfolio. Run regular 1:1s, set clear expectations, coach consistently, and address performance concerns directly. Keep a close read on team health too, including morale, burnout, engagement, and retention risk, and step in when something’s off.

• Organizational Capability: Own capacity planning and the engineering roadmap for your portfolio. Spot capability and succession risks early, and build the leadership depth the group needs to keep growing. That means working closely with Product to keep engineering capacity and delivery planning realistic against the roadmap.

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