Engineering Executive — Build & Scale FinTech Platform

Martyn Bassett Associates; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Martyn Bassett Associates is seeking a Head of Engineering for a client in Toronto to join the executive team and own engineering strategy and delivery. This senior leadership role bridges the founders and the development team, with a 40/60 split between strategy and hands-on work.

You will establish processes, drive technical vision, and scale the engineering org from 5 to 20+ while contributing to production code when it matters.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience including 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Scaled engineering teams from 5 to 20+ with hiring strategy and org design.
• Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript/Node.js/NestJS; comfortable with live coding.
• Experience with MongoDB and AWS services; fintech/payments/regulatory exposure a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead as Head of Engineering, bridging founders and the developer team.
• Own engineering strategy, technical vision, and delivery.
• Scale the engineering team from 5 to 20+ and establish best practices.
• Unblock the team with hands-on coding when necessary; set high technical standards.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

B2B SaaS

Hands-on coding

Tools

TypeScript/Node.js/NestJS

MongoDB

AWS (ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)

Job description

Martyn Bassett Associates is seeking a Head of Engineering for a client in Toronto to join the executive team and own engineering strategy and delivery. This senior leadership role bridges the founders and the development team, with a 40/60 split between strategy and hands-on work.

You will establish processes, drive technical vision, and scale the engineering org from 5 to 20+ while contributing to production code when it matters.