Manager, Software Development
Published on November 06, 2024
Wealthsimple is a financial services company on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by providing products and advice that are accessible and affordable. Using smart technology, Wealthsimple takes financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and makes them simple, transparent, and low-cost.
With over 1 million people using Wealthsimple products, we are the market leader in Canada, and we’re fast-growing in the US and UK. Our team is working together to build one of the most innovative fintech companies in the world and we're looking for talented people who want to help us move fast, ship often and make a huge impact. Join us on our mission to make financial services simple and affordable for everyone!
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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
We’re looking for Software Development Managers to lead one of our growing engineering teams. In this role you will lead a group of 4-6 developers, and work closely with Design, Product and Data partners, to enable your team to ship excellent.
In this role, you will:
- Set a strategic vision with your product counterpart and use it to develop a roadmap for your team, working closely with stakeholders.
- Develop a deep understanding of our clients’ experiences to set and maintain a high bar.
- Be a hands-on leader with strong craft to provide clear direction to your team and produce high quality work at speed.
- Ensure Design, Product, and Engineering (and any other functions) work well together and are aligned on shared goals for planning and project work.
- Directly manage developers through identifying career and development opportunities.
- Establish a strong culture on your team and help to mature our engineering practices.
- Create clarity through shared rituals, strong communication and context.
We’re looking for someone who brings:
- Experience managing software development teams.
- Proven track record of delivering well-designed and tested software.
- Experience working in a fast-moving, high-growth company and/or experience working in consumer fintech.
- Experience working in a collaborative environment with product management, design and data partners.
- Experience with our tools and technologies: Kotlin, Java, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL with Apollo, Kafka, Typescript, ReactJS (note: experience with all is a nice to have, not required!).
Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.