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WHO IS RATEHUB? Were a company on a mission. We are a unique Canadian Fintech that is the onestop shop for all financial needs of the consumer: Save, Spend, Borrow, Invest, and Protect. Every single team member from Product & Engineering to Sales & Marketing, Finance, Operations, and everything in between is obsessed with one thing: helping Canadians make better financial choices. And were pretty great at it, too. Via our digital application technology and our awardwinning inhouse brokerages, we help over 2M Canadians per month make a positive impact on their finances. We have many unique businesses: a mortgage brokerage, a life insurance brokerage, a home and auto insurance brokerage, a mortgage originations and servicing business, a Financial Services Marketplace, and a content business across Ratehub and MoneySense. 365 days a year, we deliver our users the best online mortgage experience, personalized credit card and loan options, and cheaper auto and home insurance policies than they typically get from their existing financial adviser. Changing how people make financial choices isnt easy, though. We know that achieving our mission is full of challenges challenges that can be complex and often unexpected but that are always interesting, rewarding, and fun to solve as a team. This is where you come in. We are on the hunt for the right candidate to join us and help lead us forward to continued growth. Were looking for an experienced Software Development Manager (SDM) who combines strong technical and analytical capabilities with a proven ability to deliver results quickly and effectively. In this role, you will lead a talented team of engineers to build scalable, customerfacing software products through iterative, datadriven development. You will act as both a strategic operator and an executionfocused leader, ensuring the ontime delivery of highquality, differentiated solutions that create measurable impact. Youll also be a strong people leader, capable of mentoring and scaling a highperforming engineering team. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Strategy and Execution - Own the endtoend delivery of key projects, ensuring high standards of quality, reliability, and scalability. - Drive engineering best practices across the full development lifecycle, including design reviews, code quality, testing, deployment, and monitoring. - Use data and metrics to inform decisions, prioritize work, and continuously improve solutions. - Balance shortterm delivery with longterm system health, advocating for reduced technical debt and strategic architecture improvements. People Leadership - Hire, mentor, and develop highperforming engineers through regular coaching, performance reviews, and career planning. - Foster a culture of ownership, learning, experimentation, and engineering excellence. - Create an environment where engineers are empowered, aligned, and able to deliver their best work. - Contribute to quarterly planning and help shape Ratehubs broader technical and product strategy. Collaboration and Communication - Partner with Product and Design to define requirements, prioritize backlog items, clarify tradeoffs, and ensure shared ownership of outcomes. - Collaborate with other engineering and crossfunctional leaders to align on dependencies, architecture, and longterm technical direction. - Earn trust by communicating progress, risks, and key decisions proactively and effectively to stakeholders and leadership. YOUR QUALIFICATIONS - 3+ years of engineering management experience, with a proven ability to hire, develop, and mentor highperforming engineers. - 5+ years of handson software engineering experience building modern web applications. - 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture, with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability of new and existing systems. - Strong understanding of engineering best practices across the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, version control, build automation, testing, deployment, and monitoring. - Experience partnering with product management, design, and data teams to define requirements, plan roadmaps, and deliver highquality solutions. - Strong communication and collaboration skills, with an ability to influence and align crossfunctional partners. - Ability to work in a fastpaced, ambiguous, highgrowth environment, with strong ownership and decisionmaking skills. - Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. Nicetohaves: - Experience leading software development for customerfacing financial services or fintech products. OUR TECH STACK - Backend: Node/Express, PHP/Laravel, Java - Frontend: Javascript/React, styledcomponents/CSS, Next.js - Content: Headless WordPress - Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis - Eventing/PubSub: Kafka, Google Pub/Sub - CI/CD: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows - Packaging and Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GCP/GKE - Observability and Monitoring: Datadog, Heap CULTURE FIT: - Members first we prioritise the interests and needs of our members above all else. We solve member pain points and focus on member satisfaction. We start with members, and end with the P&L. - Growth mindset we set ambitious goals and challenge the status quo. We take responsible risks and are accountable for our actions. - Better together we are One team with One common goal. We make our footprint bigger than our foot, leave our egos at the door, support each other to achieve great results as One company. - Run after problems we tackle problems head on and focus on finding solutions. Obstacles are seen as opportunities for growth and innovation. We have the hard conversations and choose the harder right over the easier wrong. And we do it with a smile. - Measure Learn Iterate Innovate we focus on getting things done. We measure what matters, iterate, learn, iterate many times in a datadriven way, which is how we will innovate. JOB PERKS: - Competitive salary: We know its expensive to live/work in Canada - Remotefirst organization: we love opportunities to get together as a team, but for the most part we offer our employees the flexibility to work anywhere in Canada - Flexible hours: Enjoy a couple more hours of sleep in the morning, if you want - Benefits: Health is wealth! A benefits package with no employee contribution required - Perks: RRSP matching program, individual training allowance, fun team socials (remote AND inperson) and more! Ratehub welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. #J-18808-Ljbffr