The Role

Our hiring partner is seeking a full-time Director, Software Development in Calgary. This is a rare chance to lead development on a fintech platform used by millions of Canadians and make a tangible impact at one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies.

A successful Director is a motivating, hands-on leader who drives teams, finds efficiencies, and builds software in the age of AI. You take initiative, manage multiple priorities, and deliver results with clarity and speed.

In this role, you’ll lead multiple full-stack teams delivering customer-facing features and back-end financial systems across areas like Lending, Deposit Accounts, Mortgages, Transactions, Anti-fraud, AML, Collections, and Operations.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Impact

• Partner with product leaders to plan roadmap initiatives and engineering epics.
• Translate company-wide goals into team goals, plans, and timelines.
• Manage team capacity, hiring, and succession planning.
• Bring forward improvement ideas to the VP/CTO: tech, processes, culture.

Delivery & Efficiency

• Accelerate teams with smart AI adoption in the SDLC.
• Prioritize work to maintain pace, quality, and delivery scope.
• Ensure high-performance standards for teams and individuals.
• Keep production systems resilient with minimal incidents.
• Maintain clear executive summaries and transparency.

Team Engagement

• Drive team engagement, growth, and career development.
• Mentor managers and senior engineers; oversee onboarding.
• Foster collaboration across teams.
• Contextualize company policies for teams to ensure compliance.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of software team leadership with direct management experience.
• Hands-on product development experience at a senior technical level.
• Experience running high-availability, high-security production systems.
• Willingness to lead in-person daily and relocate to Calgary if needed.

Total Rewards

• Competitive salary with flexible cash and equity options.
• Meaningful equity ownership in one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies.
• Performance-based bonuses tied to company and individual results.
• Flexible health benefits, life insurance, 21 PTO days + stat holidays, parental top-up.
• Discounts through our partner network and early access to products.
• Regular company-wide events, huddles, and professional development.

Why Work Here

The people who thrive here are resourceful, growth-oriented, and driven to win. You’ll work alongside top talent across Calgary, Winnipeg, and Toronto, with a chance to take ownership of your work, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make a real impact.

All team members earn equity and share in the company’s growth. Work here means taking ownership, driving results, and helping everyday Canadians win.

Our hiring partner uses AI to support candidate evaluation, but all final hiring decisions are made by humans.