Technical Engineering Lead

Point Digital Finance, Inc. Canada; United States; Remote; USD 134,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Point is seeking a Technical Engineering Lead for the DocketOps team. You’ll own architectural direction across underwriting dashboards, automation, and integrations, while remaining hands-on in design and implementation.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive architecture reviews, and raise the bar with coding standards, performance improvements, and scalable solutions in a remote Canada-based role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of professional software development experience (backend/full-stack).
• Proficiency in Ruby or Python.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, API design, and database optimization.
• Experience delivering complex systems across multiple services or domains.
• Experience working across the stack, including frontend integrations.
• Strong ability to navigate ambiguous problems and drive alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the technical architecture for Docket Operations, including underwriting dashboards, automation frameworks, agentic workflows, and supporting services and integrations.
• Champion a component-driven design system with modular, testable patterns that support A/B testing, feature flagging, and rapid experimentation.
• Drive performance optimization across the stack, including backend response times, API efficiency, database query performance, and application performance.
• Partner with Design, Product, and Operations to scope initiatives, translate requirements into scalable technical solutions, and optimize operational workflows.
• Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from problem definition and architecture through implementation, rollout, and production operation.
• Translate technical constraints and trade-offs for non-technical stakeholders and use written documentation to drive alignment on architectural decisions.
• Drive technical execution by defining milestones, identifying dependencies and risks early, and making pragmatic scope and architecture trade-offs to deliver business outcomes.
• Proactively identify technical risks, scalability challenges, and opportunities for architectural improvement.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

API design

Database optimization

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ruby

Python

Job description

This is a100% remote position open only to candidates currently based in Canada. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada and reside in the country.

About Point

Real Impact, Real People: Our mission at Point is to make homeownership more valuable and accessible. Your work directly helps homeowners access their wealth, achieve financial flexibility, and realize life changing goals.

Funding: With over $175M raised from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, WestCap, Greylock, and Prudential, we’re scaling fast! You have the opportunity to join us at a pivotal stage.

Game-changing Product: We’re building a category defining company in home equity. We’ve earned a 4.7 Trustpilot rating and an A+ from the BBB, a testament to the value we provide to our 20,000+ customers.

Great Place to Work: Our employees love working here! We are a Certified Great Place to Work and a Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area.

Remote First Culture, Genuine Connection: Work from anywhere in Canada while staying closely connected through virtual collaboration, team gatherings, and a people-first culture.

About the role

As a Technical Engineering Lead on the DocketOps team, you’ll serve as a hands-on technical leader for the Docket Operations pillar. You’ll own technical direction and architecture across underwriting dashboards, automation frameworks, agentic workflows, and supporting services and integrations.

You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Operations, staff engineers, and senior engineers to translate complex operational problems into scalable technical solutions. This is an individual contributor leadership role where you’ll remain hands-on in design and implementation while raising the technical bar through architecture, mentorship, design reviews, and engineering standards. You’ll also help evaluate and drive the adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-assisted and agentic workflows, where they can meaningfully improve Docket Operations.

Check out our latest Engineering Blog to learn more about why it’s a great time to join Point’s Engineering team!

Your responsibilities

• Own and evolve the technical architecture for Docket Operations, including underwriting dashboards, automation frameworks, agentic workflows, and supporting services and integrations.
• Champion a component-driven design system with modular, testable patterns that support A/B testing, feature flagging, and rapid experimentation.
• Drive performance optimization across the stack, including backend response times, API efficiency, database query performance, and application performance.
• Partner with Design, Product, and Operations to scope initiatives, translate requirements into scalable technical solutions, and optimize operational workflows.
• Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from problem definition and architecture through implementation, rollout, and production operation.
• Translate technical constraints and trade-offs for non-technical stakeholders and use written documentation to drive alignment on architectural decisions.
• Drive technical execution by defining milestones, identifying dependencies and risks early, and making pragmatic scope and architecture trade-offs to deliver business outcomes.
• Proactively identify technical risks, scalability challenges, and opportunities for architectural improvement.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship:

• Mentor engineers on backend best practices, API design, database modeling, system design, and the business context of their work.
• Lead technical design and architecture reviews independently and establish standards for code quality, performance, reliability, and testing coverage.
• Provide technical direction across projects and help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions.
• Raise the engineering bar through code reviews, knowledge sharing, documentation, and reusable technical patterns.
• Influence technical decisions across the team without relying on formal authority.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of professional experience in software development (excluding internships) with a focus on back-end or full-stack development.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages, such as Ruby or Python.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, API design, and database optimization.
• Experience designing and delivering complex systems or technical initiatives across multiple services or domains.
• Experience working across the stack, including modern frontend applications and their integration with backend services.
• Experience consuming and designing APIs and integrating applications across internal and external services.
• Demonstrated ability to independently navigate ambiguous technical and product problems, establish direction, and drive alignment across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
• Strong judgment in balancing speed, quality, scalability, and operational risk in a fast-moving environment.
• Track record of leading technical projects and influencing engineers without relying on formal authority.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborative team player who values feedback, mentorship, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

Compensation at Point will be determined by skills, experience, and geographic location.

• CAD 190,000 - 210,000

This does not include any other potential components of the compensation package, including equity, benefits, and perks outlined above. At the launch of each position, we benchmark compensation to the appropriate role and level utilizing competitive compensation data from various data sources as references. At the offer stage, we use the signal we received from our interviews, coupled with your experience, location, and other job-related factors, to determine final compensation.

Point is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities regardless of age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class. Each individual at Point brings their own perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures with them, and we believe that a more diverse team creates more innovative products, provides better services to customers, and helps us all grow and learn.

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