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Engineering Manager, Activation
Relay
Toronto, CAN
Full Time
Manager
3 days ago
Software EngineeringPeople ManagementNode.jsTypeScriptReactAWS
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About the Role
Relay is hiring an Engineering Manager for the Activation team to lead delivery, team operations, and technical strategy for the customer-facing journey from registration to first transaction.
Key Skills for This Role
Software EngineeringPeople ManagementNode.jsTypeScriptReactAWS
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring projects meet quality standards, timelines, and business goals
- Establish and maintain effective engineering processes, including sprint planning, code reviews, and technical design reviews
- Partner with senior leadership to shape and execute the technical vision
- Work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align engineering efforts with user needs and business objectives
- Build and grow a high performing engineering team through hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management
- Foster a collaborative, feedback driven environment that supports continuous learning and professional development
Requirements
- 5+ years of full stack software development experience, ideally within a high growth B2B SaaS or fintech environment
- 1 3 years in a people management role
- Strong technical foundation and proven track record of shipping high quality products
- Passionate about building and scaling engineering teams, and invested in growing and developing people
- Clear and effective communication, calm and clarity in ambiguity and change
- Pragmatic decision maker with customer centric mindset
- Creative and resourceful, embracing experimentation and AI to solve complex problems
- Thrives in cross functional environments
Full Job Posting
Company Overview
- Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self made business owners the tools and know how to be great with money.
- Relay is entering an exciting phase of growth, and we’re hiring an Engineering Manager for the Activation team.
What You'll Be Doing
- Delivery Leadership: Lead the planning and delivery of engineering initiatives.
- Team Operations: Establish and maintain effective engineering processes.
- Technical Strategy: Partner with senior leadership to shape and execute the technical vision.
- Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders.
- People Management & Development: Build and grow a high performing engineering team.
- Culture & Growth: Foster a collaborative, feedback driven environment.
Who You Are
- 5+ years of full stack software development experience, ideally within a high growth B2B SaaS or fintech environment.
- 1 3 years in a people management role.
- Strong technical foundation and proven track record of shipping high quality products.
- Passionate about building and scaling engineering teams.
- Communicate clearly and effectively, bring calm and clarity in ambiguity.
- Pragmatic decision maker with customer centric mindset.
- Think creatively and resourcefully, embracing experimentation and AI.
- Thrive in cross functional environments.
Our Tech Stack
- Front end: React, Typescript, React Native
- Back end: Node.js, Typescript, Terraform, AWS (DynamoDB, RDS Postgres, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, ElasticSearch, ECS)
- Tools: Cursor, Claude, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Datadog, Jira, Metabase
Our Compensation Approach
- The annual salary range for this role is CAD 207,000 to CAD 253,000.
- Typical starting salary is CAD 230,000 for candidates who demonstrate full readiness.
Why Relay Might Be the Perfect Fit For You
- You push relentlessly for reinvention.
- You crave autonomy.
- You own your work.
- You build with AI, not just use it.
- You care about impact, not noise.
- You’re energized by complexity and ambiguity.
- You seek out feedback.
- Small businesses are why we're here.
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