Engineering Manager, Relationship Intelligence

With our growing customer base and our expansion into new markets and use cases we have more to build than ever at Affinity as we execute on our vision to put relationship intelligence at every professionals fingertips.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering you will be leading a team that drives the platforms Relationship Intelligence engine which is the core engine that enables Affinitys users to unlock the power of their network. This is a high-scale and complex domain that handles ingestion and processing of billions of interactions and distills them to actionable insights and visualizations that drive dealmaking for users. You will help define the technical roadmap and implementation for the future of our product and guide the team to build scalable features and functionality end-to-end. This is a hands-on role; in addition to leading the team youll also be an active contributor.

Location: Toronto Ontario

What youll be doing:

• Through cross-team collaboration with Product Management and Design define the roadmap that makes up the Relationship Intelligence engine and features.
• Lead coach mentor and inspire a team that owns applications that are critical to the success of our customers and our business.
• Own the delivery of a delightful reliable platform and user experience to our users around the world through rapid cycles of development and iteration.
• Lead Agile processes like daily standups sprint plannings demos and retrospectives.
• Champion AI tools and best practices keeping current with the rapidly changing landscape in order to enable high degrees of team efficiency and output and create a learning environment for team members to continuously develop skills.
• Be an active contributor. Youll have the time to build meaningful features alongside your team.
• Drive complex technical architecture design and product discussions.
• Identify and fill gaps on the team and create the processes necessary for the teams success.
• Scale the team by hiring additional talented engineers to provide the necessary velocity to meet the teams goals.

Qualifications

Dont meet every single requirement Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Affinity we are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt perfectly align with the qualifications above we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Required:

• You have 8 years of experience working in a full-stack software engineering role building scalable web applications with large volumes of data and rich visualizations.
• You have 3 years in an engineering management role or technical leadership role providing mentorship and coaching in a formal setting.
• You have experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
• You have experience working with complex SaaS platforms.
• You have excellent communication skills.
• You take pride in delivering an exceptionally high-quality product in terms of the functionality you provide to consumers as well as the platforms overall performance and reliability.
• You are passionate about helping engineers at all levels develop new skills and advance their careers.
• Youre excited to work collaboratively within engineering and across functional teams.
• Youre eager to contribute your ideas and experiences to help Affinity continuously improve as a product and company.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with Ruby React TypeScript or Postgres.
• Experience working with CRM-type applications and high scale data model design
• Experience building data-intensive applications.

Tech stack

Our platform is built with React and TypeScript on the front end and with Ruby and Postgres on the back end. Our infrastructure is hosted by AWS and runs on Kubernetes.

What youll enjoy at Affinity:

• We live our values:As owners we take pride in everything we do. We embrace a growth mindset engage in respectful candor act as playmakers and taste the soup by diving deep into experiences to create the best outcomes for our colleagues and clients.
• Health Benefits:We cover both you and your dependents extended health benefit premiums and offer flexible personal & sick days to support your well-being.
• Retirement Planning:We offer an RRSP plan to help you plan for your future.
• Learning & Development:We provide an annual education budget and a comprehensive L&D program.
• Wellness Support:We reimburse monthly for things like home internet meals and wellness memberships/equipment to support your overall health and happiness.
• Team Connection:Virtual team-building activities and socials to keep our team connected because building strong relationships is key to succes.

Please note that the role compensation details below reflect the base salary only and do not include any equity or benefits. This represents the salary range that Affinity believes in good faith at the time of this posting that it will pay for the posted job.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is$176000 to $220000 CAD. Within the range individual pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience knowledge skills abilities of the applicant.

At Affinity we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of our recruitment process to help screen and evaluate candidate applications. While AI assists our hiring team in managing applications efficiently it never replaces decisions made by real people. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices and our AI tools are regularly monitored to ensure they supportnot replacehuman judgment.

Additional Information:

• This job posting represents an active vacancy that we are currently seeking to fill.

About Affinity

With more than 3000 customers worldwide and backed by some of Silicon Valleys best firms Affinity has raised $120M to empower dealmakers to find manage and close more deals. How Our Relationship Intelligence platform uses the wealth of data exhaust from trillions of interactions between Investment Bankers Venture Capitalists Consultants and other strategic dealmakers to deliver automated relationship insights that drive over 450000 deals every are are proud to have received Inc. and Fortune Best Workplaces awards as well as to be Great Places to Work certified for the last 5 years running. Join us on our mission to make it possible for anyone to cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed.

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