Founding Engineer, Data & Accounting Platform

HRB; Canada; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company in Canada is looking for a Founding Engineer to take ownership of core product and data systems. You will design and build data-intensive systems, create workflows to reduce manual effort, and develop accounting infrastructure for accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software engineering experience, particularly in data-heavy or financial environments, and a strong bias for action in ambiguous situations. This role offers an opportunity to impact how finance teams manage their data effectively.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with exposure to data-heavy or financial systems.
• Experience shipping production systems in fast-moving startup environments.
• Strong judgment around correctness, edge cases, and long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data-intensive systems for financial data.
• Create reconciliation-first workflows to reduce manual effort.
• Develop core accounting infrastructure emphasizing accuracy and compliance.
• Build product experiences making reconciliation intuitive for finance teams.
• Apply intelligence to financial data using ML/AI techniques.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Backend systems and APIs

Data modeling and pipelines

Distributed systems and infrastructure

Full-stack web development

Job description

A financial technology company in Canada is looking for a Founding Engineer to take ownership of core product and data systems. You will design and build data-intensive systems, create workflows to reduce manual effort, and develop accounting infrastructure for accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software engineering experience, particularly in data-heavy or financial environments, and a strong bias for action in ambiguous situations. This role offers an opportunity to impact how finance teams manage their data effectively.