Software Development Manager, Wealthsimple
CA$166.4-208k
+ Equity
Professional investing services made simple
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Professional investing services made simple
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$166.4-208k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone achieve financial freedom.
Role
Who you are
- Experience leading engineering teams of 4+ engineers
- Experience building backend infrastructure for low latency, high availability systems
- 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: Java/Kotlin, GraphQL with Apollo, Kafka, Kubernetes (note: experience with all is a nice to have, not required!)
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Software Development Manager to lead one of our R&D Platform Teams. In this role you will lead a group of 4-8 developers, and work closely with Design, Product and Data partners, to enable your team to ship quality work on both our mobile app and web platform
- Set a strategic engineering vision with your Product counterpart to develop a roadmap for your team, working closely with stakeholders
- Work with your team to define, implement and maintain our Leverage infrastructure using Java/Kotlin
- Deeply understand our clients’ experiences to set and maintain a high quality bar for developers across platforms
- Work closely with stakeholders to develop new products serving our margin, futures, and options clients
- 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 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
Our take
Wealthsimple is one of a crop of robo-advisors trying to democratise investment management. These companies are disrupting the industry by automating many of the processes involved in investment, removing the need for human advisors.
But while other so-called robo-advisors are focused on courting the high end of the market, Wealthsimple is trying to provide the same types of tools and advice to all users, regardless of the amount they have to invest.
Wealthsimple does have higher fees than some other robo-advisors such as Betterment and Charles Schwab. However, the company believes that it provides a more user-friendly platform, tailored to millennials who will be attracted to Wealthsimple due to its ease of use and social impact offerings.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Oct 2025
$395.2m
LATE VC
May 2021
$538.9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Retirement savings matching plan through Wealthsimple Work
- Company equity for full-time employees
- Access to Premium Client perks, including personal finance learning & advice and a boosted interest rate on deposits
- Paid parental leave (6 months topped up to 100% of salary)
- 20 vacation days per year
- 90 Days Away program
- Top-tier health benefits
- Life & disability insurance
- Generous sick and mental health days
- Employee resource plan including services like RMT, psychology, and physiotherapy
- Up to $5,000 per year for mental health supports
- Gender Affirmation benefits
- Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
- Up to $1,500 per year for wellness and home office expenses
- Employee resource groups
- Social impact hours
Company HQ
Fashion District, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Michael Katchen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey and then at Ancestry.com as Country Director for Canada.
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