Engineering Manager, Financial Infrastructure & Banking

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, Touch Bistro, 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.

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.

We’re hiring an Engineering Manager for Financial Infrastructure & Banking to lead one of Float’s most correctness‑critical engineering domains.

This team owns systems that move money
, manage banking integrations
, maintain ledger correctness
, and ensure Float can safely scale financial operations. The blast radius is high — mistakes here directly impact customer trust, funds, and regulatory posture — which is why this role requires exceptional technical judgment and seniority.

This is a player‑coach role
. You’ll spend roughly 60% of your time hands‑on in the codebase and systems, and 40% leading and developing engineers
, partnering closely with Product and Risk.

If you’re energized by high‑stakes systems, deep technical ownership, and leading senior engineers in complex environments — this role is for you.

• Own systems related to money movement, banking rails, ledgering, reconciliation, and financial operations.
• Ensure correctness, reliability, and safety across all financial workflows.
• Make sound architectural and delivery decisions under regulatory and commercial constraints.

• Contribute directly to backend and infrastructure code.
• Review designs and PRs for correctness, reliability, and scalability.
• Debug complex production issues and lead incident response when required.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of senior engineers.
• Build trust quickly with highly experienced ICs.
• Establish strong operating rhythms, clarity, and accountability.

• Partner with Product to run dual‑track roadmaps (commercial commitments + technical foundations).
• Work closely with Risk, Compliance, and Platform teams.
• Communicate risk and trade‑offs clearly to stakeholders.

• Put customers first, especially when trust and money are involved.
• Act like an owner and take responsibility for outcomes.
• Stay calm and decisive under pressure.
• Balance speed with correctness.
• Lead with clarity, humility, and technical credibility.

• 12–20+ years of engineering experience, including senior technical leadership.
• Deep experience with distributed systems and correctness‑critical workflows.
• Experience with payments, banking, ledgering, or financial infrastructure (preferred).
• Strong backend engineering…