Blue J is the leading generative AI solution for tax professionals and one of Canada's fastest-growing AI companies. Headquartered in Toronto, we're a high-growth B2B SaaS company building industry-leading tax research software that helps accountants find accurate answers to complex tax questions with greater speed and confidence.
Backed by a $122M USD Series D funding round, we're scaling rapidly across North America and the UK while continuing to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI. By combining advanced technology with deep tax expertise, we empower tax professionals to work more efficiently, make better decisions, and deliver greater value to their clients.
A Note on LocationPrimarily remote, but you must live within driving distance of our Toronto office. You’ll join us in person for every quarterly and occasionally for team get-togethers (typically 1–3 visits per quarter).
To help you get off to a great start, we bring all new team members together for their first three days of onboarding. If you’re based outside of our local commuting area, Blue J will arrange and cover your travel and accommodation.
About the TeamBlue J’s technology creates value when tax professionals can easily discover, trust, and incorporate it into their work. The Tax Pro Engagement pillar owns that experience, including onboarding, search, collaboration, account management, purchasing, integrations, and core customer workflows.
As Director of Engineering, you will set the pillar’s technical and organizational direction, lead multiple product-engineering teams, and partner with Engineering and Product leadership to shape priorities and measure customer value.
You will initially immerse yourself in our product, architecture, customers, and codebase while contributing to technical design and complex problem-solving. Over time, your focus will shift toward scaling the teams, leaders, systems, and practices supporting the pillar.
The OpportunityWe are looking for a Director of Engineering that will guide the evolution of Blue J’s platform architecture and help our engineering teams deliver high quality products s role is ideal for someone who is a strong system designer, deeply experienced with building SaaS platforms, and energized by helping teams navigate technical complexity.
The ideal leader combines deep systems expertise with strong product instincts and a genuine commitment to user experience. They will champion the end user, challenge assumptions, and help identify new product possibilities that may not yet be obvious.
You will work closely with product, engineering, and research to define product direction, build reliable and scalable systems, and ensure our teams have the tools and infrastructure they need to ship confidently and frequently. This leader will coach senior engineers, help untangle difficult architectural challenges, jump into code and designs when needed, and grow a team made up of strong software engineers.
This role is designed for a technical leader who enjoys building, mentoring, and shaping the foundational platform that enables world class product development.
What You’ll be Doing Setting Direction- Using customer insight, product metrics, and experimentation to guide priorities, evaluate product decisions, and continuously improve the user experience
- Collaborating with product and engineering leaders to define goals and priorities
- Tying engineering work to measurable outcomes such as activation, adoption, engagement, conversion, retention, workflow completion, performance, and customer trust
- Owning the long term vision for platform capabilities that support reliability, scalability, developer experience, and speed of delivery
- Identifying focus areas to improve…
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