Software Development Manager - FinTech

Wealthsimple's mission is to help everyone achieve financial freedom – by making financial services simple, transparent, and low-cost. We're Canada's largest fintech, trusted by over 3 million clients with more than $100 billion in assets. We move fast, we own our work, and we care deeply about the people using our products. We’re looking for a Software Development Manager to lead one of our R&D Platform Teams. In this role you will lead a group of 4-8 developers, and work closely with Design, Product and Data partners, to enable your team to ship quality work on both our mobile app and web platform.
Work with your team to define, implement and maintain our Leverage infrastructure using Java/Kotlin
Deeply understand our clients’ experiences to set and maintain a high quality bar for developers across platforms.
Work closely with stakeholders to develop new products serving our margin, futures, and options clients
Be a hands-on leader with strong craft to provide clear direction to your team and produce high quality work at speed.
Ensure Design, Product, and Engineering (and other functions) work well together and are aligned on shared goals for planning and project work.
Establish a strong culture on your team and help to mature our engineering practices.
Experience building backend infrastructure for low latency, high availability systems
Experience working in a collaborative environment with product management, design and data partners.
Java/Kotlin, GraphQL with Apollo, Kafka, Kubernetes (note: experience with all is a nice to have, not required!)
Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem. We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building.
Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.