Manager, Software Development – Financial Risk

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and develop the technical roadmap for the Financial Risk Engineering team.

• Serve as the integral link among engineering, product development, compliance, fraud prevention, and data science.

• Remain actively involved in the codebase, contribute to architectural decisions, and help the team overcome obstacles.

• Build and nurture a team operating within a complex fraud and risk landscape.

• Collaborate with data science and analytics to transform fraud indicators into impactful systems.

• Influence the integration of AI tools within the team, focusing on incident investigations and code reviews.

• Lead the team responsible for Wealthsimple's fraud detection and response strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in managing engineering teams with the technical expertise to make direct contributions.

• Ability to make decisions involving significant trade-offs and navigate ambiguity effectively.

• Strong history of collaborating with product, compliance, data science, and other non-engineering departments.

• Capability to articulate technical and risk-related trade-offs to various stakeholders.

• Comfortable engaging with the codebase as necessary.

• Familiarity with streaming technologies like Apache Flink, Apache Spark, or Kafka (preferred).

• Data engineering experience with large datasets and real-time systems (preferred).

• Background in risk or payments (preferred).

• Experience collaborating closely with analytics or data science teams (preferred).

• Full-stack development experience with React and backend languages/frameworks (preferred).

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.

• Permanent resident in Canada.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and life insurance.

• Long-term group savings plan with employer matching through Wealthsimple for Business.

• 20 vacation days annually.

• 4 wellness days each year.

• Unlimited sick and mental health days per year.

• Opportunity to work outside Canada for up to 90 days annually.

• Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS.

• An accessible hiring process with accommodations available throughout the interview journey.