Tech Lead, Business Acquisition & Tooling (BAT)

Zensurance; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading InsurTech company is seeking a Tech Lead to steer its Engineering Team's technical direction, focusing on security and scalability. This remote-first role requires collaboration with product management and engineers to design solutions. Ideal candidates will have 7+ years of API experience and 5+ years in front-end development using React and TypeScript. The company fosters a culture of innovation and growth.

Benefits

Home office allowance

Flexible health and dental plans

Education assistance reimbursement

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building rich, complex, and scalable APIs.
• 5+ years of building front-end web applications.
• Experience mentoring other developers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to build user-friendly apps.
• Provide technical perspective on organizational objectives.
• Manage and optimize third-party integrations.

Skills

Node

React

TypeScript

APIs

Scrum

Agile methodologies

Education

University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical program

Tools

PostgreSQL

JavaScript frameworks

Jest

Webpack

Job description

About Us:

Zensurance is redefining commercial insurance for Canadian businesses.

As a leading InsurTech, we make getting the right coverage simple, fast, and accessible through a digital‑first experience. Our platform combines advanced technology with deep industry expertise to deliver tailored insurance solutions that help businesses thrive.

Zensurance has been recognized for its rapid growth and industry impact:

✅ Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 (2023, 2024, 2025)

✅ Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 (2024)

✅ Top Insurance Employers (2022)

At Zensurance, we value ownership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges, challenging the status quo, and making a real impact in an industry ready for change.

If you're looking to build something meaningful in a fast‑growing, customer‑focused company, we’d love to hear from you!

Role Overview:

We’re looking to hire a Tech Lead who will join our Business Acquisition & Tooling (BAT) team. The BAT team is responsible for the Business Acquisition part of our process, including developing and maintaining our customer‑facing app and upholding high standards for all visual components used by other teams.

As a Tech Lead, you will steer the Engineering Team’s technical direction, focusing on security, scalability, and close collaboration with Product Management and senior engineers to design and implement systems that enable the team to achieve its goals.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will design and implement solutions in both the front‑end application and back‑end APIs. This is a remote‑first role within Canada. #LI‑Remote

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with project stakeholders and the development team to design, build, and implement scalable, user‑friendly apps and libraries using Node, React, and Typescript.
• Collaborate with Product Management to break down roadmap items into epics and then into discrete, actionable tickets in the team’s backlog.
• Provide a technical perspective on organizational objectives within the team’s scope. Analyze requirements, identify concerns, and recommend solutions.
• Using POC models from Staff Developers, design and implement systems and infrastructure that align with the team’s vision and culture.
• Adhere to the organization’s security strategy with a security‑first mindset.
• Discuss various strategies and architecture options and highlight trade‑offs for potential solutions.
• Perform code reviews to ensure pull requests reflect the acceptance criteria of the tickets they address.
• Use quality metrics to identify gaps in the testing strategy.
• Recommend solutions that align with accepted testing frameworks.
• Manage and optimize third‑party integrations, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
• Define and prioritize technical debt and bug fixes, considering incident management outcomes.
• Foster a culture of iterative deployability with awareness of cycle time and failure rates.
• Coach and mentor the development team, expanding their technical knowledge and skills.
• Use a systematic approach to debugging application issues.
• Write unit tests and higher‑level tests to ensure application quality and stability.
• Produce production‑ready, testable, and well‑documented code that accounts for edge cases.
• Follow Agile practices, suggest improvements, and participate in team events.
• Develop a strong understanding of the company’s goals and initiatives and help the engineering team deliver on them.
• Ensure technical standards—accessibility, performance, security, maintainability, correctness, operability, and observability—are observed.
• Document decisions, research, and guides to foster continuous learning and improvement.

Requirements:

• University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical, vocational or academic program or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience building rich, complex, and scalable APIs, including integration with third‑party APIs.
• 5+ years of building front‑end web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks.
• 2+ years of designing scalable and distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring other developers.
• Extensive full‑stack experience with React/Redux/Node/TypeScript/PostgreSQL and JavaScript.
• Extensive experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies.
• Familiarity with DORA metrics to measure DevOps performance and communicate what’s measured with the team.
• Experience architecting and augmenting large software systems.
• Experience with JavaScript development tooling like WebPack, Babel, and Storybook.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks like Jest/Mocha.
• Experience building and/or working with micro‑services and micro front‑ends.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with test automation frameworks such as Cypress, Nightwatch, Selenium, and BrowserStack.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Pulumi, and AWS.
• Experience with containerization tools such as Docker or Kubernetes.

Join Our Engineering Team – Where Growth Meets Innovation

At Zensurance, we believe engineering is more than just writing great code. It’s about learning, growing, and building something meaningful together. Our remote‑first team is a place where you’ll be challenged, supported, and encouraged to thrive.

✔ A Leadership Team That’s Got Your Back

Our experienced and approachable engineering leaders aren’t just here to manage—they’re here to mentor, guide, and help you unlock your full potential.

✔ Fuel Your Growth

We invest in your learning with training budgets, professional development programs, and mentorship opportunities. Want to explore a new tech stack or level up your skills? We can help get you there.

✔ A Culture of Sharing & Support

From Power‑Ups and book clubs to tech talks and hackathons, we believe in learning from each other. Have a cool idea or an interesting challenge? Let’s solve it together.

✔ Hack, Build, and Innovate

Twice a year, we hit pause on our regular work for company‑wide hackathons, giving you the chance to experiment, push boundaries, and build something awesome.

✔ Clear Career Growth, No Guesswork

We don’t do vague career paths. Our well‑defined growth tracks show you exactly what’s needed to take your career to the next level, in a way that aligns with your skills and ambitions.

And the best part? You’ll work on exciting projects using cutting‑edge technologies like TypeScript, NestJS microservices, and micro‑frontends with React.

Benefits & Perks at Zensurance

At Zensurance, we know that when our people thrive, so does our business. That’s why we offer a flexible, people‑first work environment designed to support your well‑being, growth, and success.

💻 Work Your Way

• Remote‑first setup for added flexibility

• Home office allowance to create a comfortable workspace

• Top‑tier tech: "Office in a box" with all necessary tech equipment

• Half days before public holidays: Enjoy half days before long weekends

❤️ Your Health, Your Way

• Flexible health and dental plans for families, including mental health support

• Health & personal spending accounts to invest in wellness your way

• Parental leave top‑up, because family comes first

🚀 Investing in Your Growth

• Education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and memberships

• Opportunities to learn from industry experts and grow your career

🤝 Staying Connected

• Weekly Friday huddles to share updates and connect across teams

• Virtual & in‑person team‑building events to strengthen our culture

We’re building something special. Come be a part of it!

Who We Are

Business is hard work, but insurance doesn’t have to be!

We empower business owners with simple, tech‑driven insurance solutions through our online platform.

Our success is fueled by our team‑oriented culture and four core values:

DELIVER – We set ambitious goals and achieve them.

INCLUDE– We foster an open and safe space for all.

INTEGRITY– We do what’s right.

INVENT– We create straightforward, innovative solutions.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Zensurance celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and provide accommodations throughout the hiring process. If you need support, let us know, we’re here to help.

Thank You!

We review every application with care to find the best fit for our team.

While we may take a little time to get back to you due to the high volume of applications we receive, know that a real human (not a bot!) is reviewing yours. We appreciate your patience and can’t wait to learn more about you!