Engineering Manager, Product Platform & Accounting APIs
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
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 5000 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.
AI Use in Our Hiring Process
We use technology including artificial intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process. This may include AI-assisted scheduling and candidate communications and AI-generated interview notes guides or summaries to help our team focus on the conversation. All hiring decisions are made by our hiring team.
About the Role
Were hiring an Engineering Manager for Product Platform & APIs to lead teams building the foundational systems that power Floats product ecosystem and integrations.
This role is responsible for internal platforms external APIs and accounting integrations that enable product teams and third-party developers to build on Float safely and at scale. The work here often has indirect but outsized impact requiring strong systems thinking excellent communication and comfort operating in ambiguity.
This is a player-coach role with an expected 60% hands-on technical contribution.
Key Responsibilities
Platform & API Leadership
Own the roadmap and execution for Product Platform and API capabilities.
Build systems that enable product teams to ship faster with fewer dependencies.
Anticipate engineering needs and translate them into scalable platform solutions.
Integrations & Ecosystem
Lead development and maintenance of accounting integrations (e.g. QuickBooks Xero NetSuite).
Design reliable scalable integration patterns across disparate third-party APIs.
Partner with Product to evolve Floats API strategy and long-term ecosystem vision.
Hands-On Technical Leadership (60%)
Contribute directly to backend platform and integration code.
Review designs and PRs with a focus on correctness scalability and maintainability.
Troubleshoot complex integration and operational issues.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner closely with Product Platform and Customer teams.
Communicate clearly in a domain where impact is often indirect and non-obvious.
Help teams understand why platform work matters to the business.
People Leadership (40%)
Lead and develop engineers working across platform and integration domains.
Build clarity around ownership priorities and delivery expectations.
Foster a culture of adaptability accountability and technical excellence.
Required Skills and Experience
Strong backend and systems engineering background.
Experience building APIs platforms or integration-heavy systems.
Comfort working across varied third-party APIs and data models.
Proven ability to operate in ambiguous enablement-focused problem spaces.
Experience contributing code while leading teams.
Strong communication skills especially around indirect impact.
Experience with accounting payments or financial integrations is a plus but not required.
Experience with developer platforms SDKs or ecosystem products is a strong plus.
Youll Be Great in This Role If You:
Enjoy building leverage and enabling others.
Are adaptable and learn new domains quickly.
Can explain complex systems simply.
Thrive in roles where success is measured by others velocity.
Balance execution with long-term platform thinking.
This Role Wont Be a Fit If:
You prefer direct feature ownership only.
You struggle with ambiguous or indirect impact.
You avoid operational responsibility.
You dislike cross-team collaboration.
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 Wednesday and Thursday
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:
Manager
Key Skills
- Internal Audit
- Supervising
- Data Entry
- Compliance
- Customer Service
- Accounting & Finance
- General Ledger Accounting
- IFRS
- External Audit
- Microsoft Excel
- ERP
- Payroll
- Financial statement
- ACCA
- CPA
