Director of Engineering, Emerging Products
Director of Engineering, Emerging Products
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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 Canadas 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 TouchBistro 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.
Our Product
Float is Canadas complete business finance platform combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend save and grow. Trusted by 4000 Canadian companies Float provides high-limit corporate cards automated expense management next-day bill payments high-yield accounts and fast friendly supportall 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 were looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.
About the Role
Were looking for a Director of Engineering Emerging Products to lead Floats most ambitious and exploratory product bets. Youll be at the forefront of 01 product development owning the technical strategy and execution of brand-new product lines that expand Floats capabilities and customer reach.
From AI-enhanced spend intelligence to real-time vendor payments to automated treasury operations your work will shape the next generation of financial tools for growing businesses. Youll operate as both a technical strategist and hands-on leader - spinning up teams validating ideas quickly and scaling early wins into stable secure and scalable products.
What Youll Be Responsible For
01 Product Engineering
Lead the end-to-end technical development of early-stage fintech products - from concept to MVP to early scale.
Design systems that prioritize speed adaptability and tight integration with core financial workflows.
AI-Enhanced Capabilities
Collaborate with product and data teams to embed AI into Floats new offerings - think AI-assisted transaction categorization anomaly detection autonomous policy enforcement or conversational finance assistants.
Establish engineering foundations for deploying LLM-based or ML-backed features in production securely and responsibly.
Team Leadership & Execution
Build and lead small cross-functional teams focused on rapid prototyping and delivery.
Coach engineers to operate with autonomy and velocity while maintaining technical quality and security standards.
Champion a culture of fast feedback loops lean experimentation and continuous customer validation.
Fintech Innovation & Infrastructure
Drive architecture and build decisions across domains like real-time payments multi-party reconciliation GL syncing and embedded finance.
Collaborate with partners (e.g. card networks accounting platforms open banking providers) to integrate external capabilities into Floats stack.
Ensure that all systems meet the rigor required for financial compliance auditability and trust.
About You
Heres what sets you up for success at Float:
You Put Customers First Always. You care deeply about delivering meaningful value. Whether youre building internal systems or customer-facing features youre always thinking about how to make life better for our users.
You Act Like an Owner. You take responsibility for outcomes step up to challenges and seek solutions proactivelydoing whats best for the business not just your role.
You Think Big and Move Fast. Youre energized by building from 0 to 1. Youre not afraid to challenge the status quo experiment quickly and learn as you go.
You Constantly Learn and Grow. Youre hungry to improve your craft and open to feedback. You bring a growth mindset to everything you do.
You Raise the Bar. You care about doing things well and efficiently. You balance speed with rigor and always look for ways to improve how we work.
You Win as a Team. Youre a generous collaborator who values communication context and shared wins. You lift others up and help make the team stronger.
In addition to living our values you bring:
Required Competencies
10 years of engineering experience with 3 years in senior leadership roles focused on new product development.
Demonstrated success leading 01 product initiatives especially in fintech B2B SaaS or developer platform environments.
Demonstrated evidence in scaling engineering teams in dynamic environments.
Deep technical expertise in building secure scalable software products; comfort navigating ambiguity and balancing speed vs. robustness.
Experience working with or implementing AI/ML solutions in production (e.g. data-driven features model pipelines LLM integrations).
Strong product instincts and user empathy with a passion for solving customer pain points through tech.
Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
Preferred Competencies
Exposure to financial operations systems such as GL/accounting integrations payments infrastructure expense management or credit products.
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures event-driven systems and modern security practices.
Understanding of the Canadian fintech landscape open banking developments or regulatory frameworks.
This may not be the role for you if:
You need close day-to-day direction rather than working independently
Youre not energized by feedback or fast-paced change
Youre seeking predictability over adaptability
Youre not comfortable making decisions in ambiguous situations
You prefer to stay in your lane rather than collaborate cross-functionally
You dont feel a strong connection to Floats mission or the product were building
Why You Should Join
Work at one of Canadas fastest-growing fintech companies
Make a real impact in a high-autonomy high-growth role
Collaborate with an ambitious and supportive team
Competitive compensation equity options and benefits
Hybrid work model we are based in Toronto with in-office days for connection and collaboration
Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday and Wednesday
Bring your pup to our dog-friendly office
Thrive in a high-trust high-performance culture where your work truly matters
In Short
At Float youll thrive if youre bold curious and eager to make a real impact. Were building something specialand having a lot of fun along the way. If youre excited to build grow and win together wed love to meet you.
Were committed to building a workplace thats welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float just let us know! You can reach out to Vic () and well work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
