Engineering Manager - Banking H/F

Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success. We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses.

We’re looking for a Director of Engineering to spearhead our core product teams through a period of rapid scaling, building systems that will power our growth and partner with our VP of Engineering to forge our next generation of leaders, ensuring engineering efforts and strategic product vision are perfectly aligned. If building the best in class banking product that is changing the way SMBs succeed speaks to you, we want to hear from you!

Please note that we are a hybrid environment and choose to collaborate in the office three days a week (Tues-Thurs).

Lead and scale our product engineering organization as we double and then triple in size. You’ll attract, hire, and develop exceptional engineers and leaders, building the foundation for Relay’s next stage of growth.

Own the growth and performance of our engineering team, ensuring every engineer has the clarity, coaching, and support they need to thrive and deliver high-impact work.

Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement that empowers teams to take smart risks, experiment, and build groundbreaking solutions for small businesses.

You’ll evolve our engineering practices to eliminate friction, raise the quality bar, and enable consistent, fast, and reliable delivery as we scale.

Align engineering with Relay’s mission. Partner with Product, Design, and business leaders to translate strategy into a unified roadmap, making tough prioritization calls to focus on what matters most to our customers and the business.

You’ll help shape the infrastructure, processes, and culture that enable our teams and Relay as a whole to grow with confidence and clarity.

You will leverage your 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading teams in high-growth environments, to inspire, scale, and guide your team in building exceptional products.

You apply your deep technical expertise and a track record of shipping impactful products to build scalable, reliable systems that accelerate delivery and empower teams to consistently delight customers and drive results.

You know how to build and scale an engineering team and support them in doing their best work

You're a pragmatic decision maker with a history of delivering product in startups - Intimately comfortable with shifting priorities, tradeoffs in scope, technical debt, tight timelines, etc. while also making the right decisions for customers.

You are highly customer focused and never lose sight of who we’re building for

Bonus Points

You’ve joined a company at its early stages and have seen it through scale

Stage 1: A 45-minute Google Meets video call with a member of our Talent team

Stage 2: A 1-hour Google Meets video call with the hiring manager, our VP of Engineering

Stage 3: Stage 4: A take-home case study followed by a 60-minute Google Meet video call with our team

The annual salary range for this role is $270,000 CAD to $330,000 CAD.

For candidates who demonstrate full readiness for the defined scope of the role, the typical starting salary is $300,00 CAD per year. For more information on our compensation philosophy and perks and benefits, visit our Candidate Hub.

If you’re someone who takes initiative, is comfortable taking risks, and seeks input when needed, you’ll find the freedom here empowering.

You’re comfortable building from scratch, iterating as you go, and collaborating to shape the best path forward.

At Relay, everything we do is in service of our mission to help small businesses thrive. Research shows that women-identifying and other marginalized individuals often apply only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Relay, we believe that diversity is key to building high-performing teams, and creating an inclusive work environment is our priority. We will work with applicants to provide accommodations at any stage of the hiring process.