About Float

Float is one of Canada’s fastest growing companies and Top Startups (2024 & 2023), serving Canadian businesses with our innovative smart corporate card, bill pay, and spend management solution. Float’s team is customer-obsessed, passionate, vibrant, and entrepreneurial, and includes executives from Uber, Shopify, Top Hat, Ritual, Ada, and many other incredible tech companies!

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, feedback, and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decision making decentralized so that all team members contribute.

Our product

Float is Canada’s first modern financial institution built to help Canadian businesses grow. We’re making finance more accessible and saving businesses time and money, while empowering them with capital and disrupting the multi-trillion dollar global B2B finance industry. Backed by some of the best venture capital investors in the world, including Tiger Global, Golden Ventures, and Susa Ventures, we’re looking for pioneers to help us achieve our vision.

About the Director of Software Engineering role

As the Director of Software Engineering - Financial Products, at Float, you will be responsible for leading and scaling our Financial Products Engineering group. You’ll shape the technical strategy and contribute to the overall product roadmap, working cross-functionally with teams in engineering, design, product, marketing, risk, and partnerships. This role requires you to grow a high-performing team, foster innovation, and deliver top-tier financial products that meet our customers' needs

In this role you will:

• Lead the strategic direction of the Financial Products engineering team, leveraging our team with expertise in the technical and commercial aspects of the financial products domain
• Recruit and develop top talent to scale the engineering group to deliver best in class products now and in the future
• Shape technical roadmaps and product vision by collaborating closely with leadership across engineering, product, design, marketing, risk, and commercial teams.
• Oversee technical decision-making to ensure the scalability, performance, and security of our financial products.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, delivering high-quality, reliable software on time and within budget.
• Establish and implement best practices in engineering processes and development methodologies.