Engineering Manager, Optro
AI Applications
CA$164-246k
+ 15% Annual Target Bonus
AI-powered GRC software
Be an early applicant
AI-powered GRC software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$164-246k
+ 15% Annual Target Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To redefine GRC through a single, AI-powered system of action.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of engineering experience, with 2+ years in an engineering management role leading teams building and shipping production AI or software systems
- Demonstrated ability to be a technical mentor and engineering role model, someone engineers look to for guidance on architecture, code quality, and engineering culture
- Strong proficiency with Python and modern server-side development; comfort with TypeScript/Node.js is a plus
- Experience with AWS (preferred) or Azure cloud environments and modern deployment practices
- Track record of partnering with Product teams to drive delivery velocity and quality
- Applied AI & agent frameworks
- Solid understanding of modern agent frameworks and how to apply them to build reliable, production-grade AI workflows (e.g., LangGraph, LangChain, or comparable tooling)
- Experience deploying agents in production including observability, tracing, failure handling, and performance considerations
- Familiarity with vector databases, semantic search, or RAG-adjacent technologies at the application integration level
- Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and experience building or consuming tool-based AI integrations
Desirable
- Experience building or maintaining AI-assisted chat or conversational interfaces
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (Ember preferred; Vue, React, or Angular also valued) for front-end collaboration
- Understanding of ethical AI principles and responsible AI development practices
- Experience working in a highly regulated, ARC (Audit, Risk, and Compliance) environment
- Managed remote or distributed engineering teams
- Experience in an agile development environment and with modern project management tooling
- Strong B2B SaaS product experience
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where the AI tooling landscape evolves rapidly
What the job involves
- We're looking for a highly motivated Engineering Manager to lead our AI Applications team engineers embedded across Optro's product organization to accelerate delivery of AI-powered features
- This is a unique opportunity to drive large, strategic, and complex projects that shape the future of Optro's AI capabilities, combining strong engineering leadership with a passion for applied AI
- Our AI Applications team owns the integration layer between our AI Platform and the product org: partnering with product squads, owning our internal AI chat assistant, and leading the development of MCP-based tooling and agent-driven workflows
- You'll be a force multiplier, enabling product teams to move faster and smarter with AI, while mentoring and growing a high-performing team deeply committed to our customers and to continuous learning
- Mentor, inspire, and grow a diverse team of engineers, fostering a culture of craftsmanship, curiosity, and continuous learning in applied AI
- Manage the team through hiring, retaining, mentoring, and continuously building individual and team capabilities in modern AI engineering best practices
- Act as an embedded engineering partner to the product organization, championing AI-first approaches to feature delivery and accelerating squads' ability to leverage AI infrastructure
- Lead the technical direction and execution for AI initiatives, including agent workflow development, MCP tooling, and the internal AI chat assistant
- Develop and nurture strong relationships with Product, QA, Delivery, Design, Customer Support, GTM, and other partners to deliver best-in-class AI-powered experiences
- Own end-to-end build and delivery of AI solutions, features, and services within Optro's platform, collaborating closely with the AI Platform team for core infrastructure
- Continuously improve all aspects of the product lifecycle, technical systems, engineering processes, and team practices, to deliver outstanding results for customers
- Collaborate closely with Product Management to define goals, objectives, and the roadmap for AI Applications initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities
- Champion agile best practices, ensuring clarity, transparency, and efficient delivery across your team and the broader organization
Our take
Optro (formerly AuditBoard) provides risk and compliance software for large businesses. The company's founders spent years working at the Big Four and other global enterprises, and realized that many audit activities were still taking place in Excel sheets, or using legacy software like IBM's OpenPages, which hadn't kept up to date with the latest reporting requirements.
The result was an end-to-end platform for managing risk, helping enterprises to streamline internal audit, SOX compliance, controls management, risk management, and security compliance. It's a top-rated cloud-based platform and has won numerous awards, with the company being consistently named the market leader in Audit Management.
Now Optro is focused on expanding its AI-powered GRC platform. Following its rebrand from AuditBoard, the company acquired AI-native SOX automation platform Midship to help audit teams automate repetitive work and focus more on strategic risk analysis. And impressively, more than 50% of the Fortune 500 now use Optro's platform as it continues building AI-driven tools for risk, compliance, and cybersecurity teams.
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Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2018
$40m
SERIES B
Apr 2017
$3.6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $43.6m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits: High quality health plans and access to hormonal and family-building support.
- Time away from work: Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, and more.
- Financial benefits: Beyond a competitive salary, plans are provided to assist in your financial future including retirement and pension plans as well as life and disability insurance.
- Parental leave: Parents are eligible for time off to care for their newborn, adopted child, or foster child. Parental leave benefits and pay vary by location.
- Professional development: Continuously grow through development workshops, mentoring programs, and more.
- Community impact: We partner with communities to provide services in addition to sponsoring our own events.
- Live your best life: Invest in yourself, on us. Our monthly wellness stipend is designed to support your life beyond the screen, giving you the flexibility to fuel your passions and your well-being.
- Mental health: Access to Headspace’s well known meditation support plus coaching and therapy, for you and additional loved ones.
Company HQ
Wilmington, DE
Leadership
Raul Villar Jr.
(CEO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Raul was the CEO of Paycor for nearly 6 years. They also spent over 8 years at AdvancedMD and nearly 22 years at ADP.
Jim Sperduto
(CGO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Jim spent over 30 years at ADP. While there, they held a number of roles, including President of Small Business, Retirement, and Insurance Services.
Haibei (Happy) Wang
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Prior to joining Optro in 2023, Haibei was the CTO at Everbridge and Skupos. They also held VP roles at Globality, AccelOps and Scripps Network Interactive.
April Crichlow
(CMO)April spent over 17 years at SAP, ultimately as CMO at SAP SuccessFactors. They then spent 3 years at Centrical as CMO before joining Optro in 2025.
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