Engineering Manager, Product Platform & Accounting APIs

Float; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Toronto is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for building the foundational systems of their product platform and APIs. This role involves both technical contributions and people leadership, focusing on internal platforms, external APIs, and accounting integrations. The ideal candidate has a strong backend engineering background, experience with APIs, and excellent communication skills, enabling collaboration across teams. Competitive compensation and a hybrid work model are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity options

Catered team lunches

Dog-friendly office

Qualifications

• Strong backend and systems engineering background.
• Experience building APIs, platforms, or integration-heavy systems.
• Comfort working across varied third-party APIs and data models.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams building foundational systems for Float's product.
• Own the roadmap and execution for Product Platform and API capabilities.
• Contribute directly to backend, platform, and integration code.

Skills

Backend engineering

API development

Systems engineering

Communication skills

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

About Float

Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses, empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform, Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow, so they can focus on what matters most: growth.

As one of Canada's fastest growing companies and top-rated startups in 2024 and 2023, Float is customer-obsessed, passionate and entrepreneurial, with a team that includes leaders from Uber, Shopify, Top Hat, TouchBistro, and Ada.

At Float, everyone is an owner, bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important, and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decision‑making decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success.

Our Product

Float is Canada's complete business finance platform, combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend, save, and grow. Trusted by 5000+ Canadian companies, Float provides high‑limit corporate cards, automated expense management, next‑day bill payments, high‑yield accounts and fast, friendly support—all built in Canada, for Canada. Float is backed by world‑class venture and fintech investors, including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures, partners behind our $70 million Series B raise.

Our team is a collection of ambitious, collaborative and mission‑driven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And we’re looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.

About the Role

We’re hiring an Engineering Manager for Product Platform & APIs to lead teams building the foundational systems that power Float’s product ecosystem and integrations.

This role is responsible for internal platforms, external APIs, and accounting integrations that enable product teams — and third‑party developers — to build on Float safely and at scale. The work here often has indirect but outsized impact, requiring strong systems thinking, excellent communication, and comfort operating in ambiguity.

This is a player‑coach role, with an expected ~60% hands‑on technical contribution.

Key Responsibilities

Platform & API Leadership

• Own the roadmap and execution for Product Platform and API capabilities.
• Build systems that enable product teams to ship faster with fewer dependencies.
• Anticipate engineering needs and translate them into scalable platform solutions.

Integrations & Ecosystem

• Lead development and maintenance of accounting integrations (e.g., QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite).
• Design reliable, scalable integration patterns across disparate third‑party APIs.
• Partner with Product to evolve Float’s API strategy and long‑term ecosystem vision.

Hands‑On Technical Leadership (60%)

• Contribute directly to backend, platform, and integration code.
• Review designs and PRs with a focus on correctness, scalability, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot complex integration and operational issues.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Platform, and Customer teams.
• Communicate clearly in a domain where impact is often indirect and non‑obvious.
• Help teams understand why platform work matters to the business.

People Leadership (40%)

• Lead and develop engineers working across platform and integration domains.
• Build clarity around ownership, priorities, and delivery expectations.
• Foster a culture of adaptability, accountability, and technical excellence.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong backend and systems engineering background.
• Experience building APIs, platforms, or integration‑heavy systems.
• Comfort working across varied third‑party APIs and data models.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguous, enablement‑focused problem spaces.
• Experience contributing code while leading teams.
• Strong communication skills, especially around indirect impact.
• Experience with accounting, payments, or financial integrations is a plus but not required.
• Experience with developer platforms, SDKs, or ecosystem products is a strong plus.

You’ll Be Great in This Role If You:

• Enjoy building leverage and enabling others.
• Are adaptable and learn new domains quickly.
• Can explain complex systems simply.
• Thrive in roles where success is measured by others’ velocity.
• Balance execution with long‑term platform thinking.

This Role Won’t Be a Fit If:

• You prefer direct feature ownership only.
• You struggle with ambiguous or indirect impact.
• You avoid operational responsibility.
• You dislike cross‑team collaboration.

Why You Should Join

• Work at one of Canada’s fastest‑growing fintech companies
• Make a real impact in a high‑autonomy, high‑growth role
• Collaborate with an ambitious and supportive team
• Competitive compensation, equity options, and benefits
• Hybrid work model – we are based in Toronto with in‑office days for connection and collaboration
• Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
• Bring your pup to our dog‑friendly office
• Thrive in a high‑trust, high‑performance culture where your work truly matters

In Short

At Float, you’ll thrive if you’re bold, curious, and eager to make a real impact. We're building something special—and having a lot of fun along the way. If you’re excited to build, grow, and win together, we’d love to meet you.

We’re committed to building a workplace that’s welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float, just let us know! You can reach out to Vic ([e-mail]), and we’ll work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.