Engineering Manager, Relay
Growth
CA$207-253k
For candidates who demonstrate full readiness for the defined scope of the role, the typical starting salary is $230,000 CAD
Tues, Weds, Thurs in office
3+ days a week in office
Online business banking and money management
Be an early applicant
Online business banking and money management
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$207-253k
For candidates who demonstrate full readiness for the defined scope of the role, the typical starting salary is $230,000 CAD
Tues, Weds, Thurs in office
3+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help small businesses have greater financial clarity to build health, lasting businesses.
Role
Who you are
- You bring 5+ years of full-stack software development experience, ideally within a high-growth B2B SaaS or fintech environment, along with 1-3 years in a people management role
- You have a strong technical foundation and a proven track record of shipping high-quality products; experience with Node.js, TypeScript, React, and AWS is a plus
- You’re passionate about building and scaling engineering teams, and deeply invested in growing and developing people to do their best work
- You communicate clearly and effectively, and bring calm and clarity in times of ambiguity and change
- You’re a pragmatic decision-maker with a customer-centric mindset, able to navigate tradeoffs around scope, technical debt, and timelines while keeping customer needs front and center
- You think creatively and resourcefully, embracing experimentation and AI to solve complex problems within resource constraints
- You thrive in cross-functional environments, bringing teams together, connecting the dots, and driving initiatives that deliver meaningful impact
- Why Relay Might Be the Perfect Fit For You:
- You push relentlessly for reinvention: You're always asking "how can this be better?" -- in your work, in your craft, in yourself. Comfort is a signal to push harder, not coast. You'd rather build something better than defend something familiar
- You crave autonomy: We trust our team with big challenges and the freedom to solve them. If you’re someone who takes initiative, is comfortable taking risks, and seeks input when needed, you’ll find the freedom here empowering
- You own your work: You take pride in your work, follow through on commitments, and feel a deep sense of responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks
- You build with AI, not just use it: You're actively embedding AI into how you work, pushing what's possible, and bringing your team along with you
- You care about impact, not noise: You care deeply about the substance of your work. You measure success by results, not recognition, and you let your work speak for itself
- You’re energized by complexity and ambiguity: You enjoy tackling problems that don’t come with a playbook. You’re comfortable building from scratch, iterating as you go, and collaborating to shape the best path forward
- You seek out feedback: You see directness as respect, not criticism. You actively seek input, sit with hard truths, and use feedback as fuel for improvement
- Small businesses are why we're here: Relay exists to help them thrive -- and that mission has to resonate with you
- You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description -- your perspective and drive matter more. We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive
What the job involves
- Relay is entering an exciting phase of growth, and we’re hiring an Engineering Manager for the Growth team to help scale what comes next. You’ll be making high-impact, strategic decisions every day, with direct influence on shaping a product used and loved by thousands of small businesses
- Our growth engineering team owns the customer-facing journey from the moment a business registers, through the first time Relay does real work for it, and on to creating deeply valuable and retained customers. In this role, you'll work in our product led growth team to build the path that carries a business through registration, activation, and monetization
- You'll ship intuitive experiences, build rapid-experimentation loops, and create the tools to accelerate our customers growth. Working alongside a team that moves quickly and ships thoughtfully
- Delivery Leadership: Lead the planning and delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring projects meet quality standards, timelines, and business goals; drive clarity in priorities and execution across the team
- Team Operations: Establish and maintain effective engineering processes, including sprint planning, code reviews, and technical design reviews; continuously refine team rituals to enable high-quality, predictable delivery
- Technical Strategy: Partner with senior leadership to shape and execute the technical vision, ensuring alignment with company goals and customer needs
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to align engineering efforts with user needs and business objectives; enable teams to solve complex problems and deliver impactful solutions
- People Management & Development: Build and grow a high-performing engineering team through hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management
- Culture & Growth: Foster a collaborative, feedback-driven environment that supports continuous learning and professional development; encourage mentorship and knowledge sharing while creating opportunities for team development
Application process
- Stage 1: A 30-minute Google Meet video call with a member of the Talent team
- Stage 2: A 60-minute Google Meet video call with two Senior Engineering Managers
- Stage 3: A take-home case study followed by a 60-minute Google Meet video call with our Engineering team
- Stage 4: A 45-minute in-person interview with a member of the Leadership team
Our take
Traditional banking options can feel outdated and tedious, especially if this includes in-person visits and waiting in line. This has led to the rise of online banking - but lots of smaller companies have to navigate multiple complicated applications in order to manage this business banking.
This is what Relay aims to fix. It's no-fee, online banking and money management platform looks to tackle financial complexity for SMBs. The company's goal is to fully automate the finance function using banking that deeply integrates into back-office systems. And its software is designed to affordably increase financial clarity and security, reducing the time spent on administrative tasks.
Relay is focused on its long-term goals and plans to scale up distribution and grow in sales, marketing, customer support, operations, engineering and product. The company currently serves thousands of SMBs across the US with the goal to get 100,000 small businesses over the next few years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
58% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2026
$50m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
May 2024
$32.2m
SERIES B
Total funding: $101.7m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity: Relay employees are Relay owners, complete with equity and a competitive salary. Since 2023, 66%+ of employees have received salary increases, with multiple new team members joining just last year.
- Social connection: We believe in celebrating our wins with two annual company-wide get-togethers, quarterly team events, happy hours, and special events and networking opportunities with industry leaders.
- Personal and professional growth: Through ongoing feedback, mentorship, and coaching, work with peers and leaders who are invested in your growth and success. Even with more than half of our team joining in the last 12 months, almost 20% have received promotions in the last year alone.
- Parental leave with top-up: We offer 12 weeks off with a 100% salary top-up for all full-time employees, regardless of location, and accessible for all parents: birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive
- Comprehensive health benefits: Enjoy full health benefits from day one: no probation period required. We offer flexible Health or Wellness Spending Accounts and medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
- Hybrid work environment: We value meaningful collaboration and connection at our Toronto office three days per week, with lunch, snacks, and beverages on us.
- Top-tier equipment: As a Mac-first company, our Toronto offices have everything you need to produce your best work comfortably, from multiple screens to ergonomic seating.
- Flexible vacation and time off: Every team member starts with 15 vacation days and 5 flex days to use as needed, plus an extra week of office closure during the end-of-year holidays.
- Dog-friendly space: Can dogs really make you happy and healthy? We don’t know for sure, but since we don’t want to chance it, our office is 100% floof-friendly.
- Award-winning workplace: As a winner of CB Insights' Fintech 100, Deloitte Canada's Technology Fast 50, Forbes Fintech 50, and the CIX Top 10 Growth Award, Relay is a recognized innovative and high-growth company.
Company HQ
St. Lawrence, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Yoseph West
(Co-Founder & CEO)Yoseph has a range of experience including serving as the CEO at Vuru, Director of Product Engagement at Wave, and Head of Marketing at Hubdoc.
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