Engineering Manager (Accounts)

Relay; Canada; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Parental leave top-up

Health benefits

Hybrid Toronto office

Mac-first equipment

Job summary

Relay is seeking an Engineering Manager for Accounts to drive strategic, cross-functional engineering initiatives and manage a growing team. You will lead planning and delivery, optimize the multi-account structure, and partner with Product, Design, and leadership to align technical decisions with business goals. The role emphasizes ownership, fast delivery, and mentorship while enabling scalable growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack software development experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering in fintech/B2B SaaS contexts.
• Customer-centric mindset with a track record of shipping high-quality products.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Leadership: plan and deliver engineering initiatives with quality, timelines, and business goals.
• Team Operations: establish and refine sprint planning, code reviews, and design reviews.
• Technical Strategy: shape and align technical vision with company goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: work with Product, Design, and stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.
• People Management & Development: hire, onboard, coach, and manage performance.
• Culture & Growth: foster a collaborative, feedback-driven environment and mentorship.

Skills

Full-stack dev

People management

Customer-centric

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical foundations

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

React

AWS

Terraform

GitHub

Datadog

Jira

Metabase

Job description

• Relay is entering an exciting new chapter, and we’re hiring an Engineering Manager, Accounts to help shape our next stage of scale
• You’ll make high-impact, strategic decisions every day, with direct influence over a product used and loved by thousands of small businesses
• Our Accounts team owns Relay’s multi-account structure, the core of what makes Relay different: the layer where every dollar a business earns gets a job
• In this role, you’ll help make that structure smart, recommending the right accounts and automated transfer rules based on how a business actually operates, and adapting them as the business changes
• The goal is to make the bank replace the spreadsheets and mental math owners rely on today
• You’ll build simple, intuitive experiences that turn a static setup into a living system, alongside a team that moves quickly, ships thoughtfully, and values ownership
• Delivery Leadership: Lead the planning and delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring projects meet quality standards, timelines, and business goals; drive clarity in priorities and execution across the team
• Team Operations: Establish and maintain effective engineering processes, including sprint planning, code reviews, and technical design reviews; continuously refine team rituals to enable high-quality, predictable delivery
• Technical Strategy: Partner with senior leadership to shape and execute the technical vision, ensuring alignment with company goals and customer needs
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align engineering efforts with user needs and business objectives; enable teams to solve complex problems and deliver impactful solutions
• People Management & Development: Build and grow a high-performing engineering team through hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management
• Culture & Growth: Foster a collaborative, feedback-driven environment that supports continuous learning and professional development; encourage mentorship and knowledge sharing while creating opportunities for team development
• 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

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity: Relay employees are Relay owners, complete with equity and a competitive salary. Since 2023, 66%+ of employees have received salary increases, with multiple new team members joining just last year.
• Social connection: We believe in celebrating our wins with two annual company-wide get-togethers, quarterly team events, happy hours, and special events and networking opportunities with industry leaders.
• Personal and professional growth: Through ongoing feedback, mentorship, and coaching, work with peers and leaders who are invested in your growth and success. Even with more than half of our team joining in the last 12 months, almost 20% have received promotions in the last year alone.
• Parental leave with top-up: We offer 12 weeks off with a 100% salary top-up for all full-time employees, regardless of location, and accessible for all parents: birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive
• Comprehensive health benefits: Enjoy full health benefits from day one: no probation period required. We offer flexible Health or Wellness Spending Accounts and medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
• Hybrid work environment: We value meaningful collaboration and connection at our Toronto office three days per week, with lunch, snacks, and beverages on us.
• Top-tier equipment: As a Mac-first company, our Toronto offices have everything you need to produce your best work comfortably, from multiple screens to ergonomic seating.
• Flexible vacation and time off: Every team member starts with 15 vacation days and 5 flex days to use as needed, plus an extra week of office closure during the end-of-year holidays.
• Dog-friendly space: Can dogs really make you happy and healthy? We don’t know for sure, but since we don’t want to chance it, our office is 100% floof-friendly.
• Award-winning workplace: As a winner of CB Insights’ Fintech 100, Deloitte Canada’s Technology Fast 50, Forbes Fintech 50, and the CIX Top 10 Growth Award, Relay is a recognized innovative and high-growth company.

You communicate clearly and effectively, and bring calm and clarity in times of ambiguity and changeYou have a strong technical foundation and a proven track record of shipping high-quality products; experience with Node.js, TypeScript, React, and AWS is a plusYou’re a pragmatic decision-maker with a customer-centric mindset, able to navigate tradeoffs around scope, technical debt, and timelines while keeping customer needs front and centerYou thrive in cross-functional environments, bringing teams together, connecting the dots, and driving initiatives that deliver meaningful impactYou bring 5+ years of full-stack software development experience, ideally within a high-growth B2B SaaS or fintech environment, along with 1-3 years in a people management roleYou think creatively and resourcefully, embracing experimentation and AI to solve complex problems within resource constraintsYou’re passionate about building and scaling engineering teams, and deeply invested in growing and developing people to do their best work