Hybrid Engineering Lead

at Fiat Republic

• Job title: Engineering Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Kotlin, Microservices
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Engineering Lead managing a talented team focused on API-first products in a fintech startup. Collaborating with product and delivery teams to ensure high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Managing a team of talented and ambitious engineers, reporting directly to the VP of Engineering.
• Conducting weekly or bi-weekly one-on-one calls with team members, fostering their well-being, defining their goals, and checking on the progress of these goals.
• Mentoring junior developers and establishing best coding and engineering practices for the shared codebase.
• Collaborating with other engineers and tech teams to define shared standards, best coding practices, and enforce a design-first approach.
• Acting as the primary catalyst between Product, Delivery, and your team to ensure our solutions maintain high quality, are delivered on time, and are commercially viable.

Requirements

• Proven experience in people management is essential.
• You have a track record of hiring, mentoring, and setting OKRs for high-performing product teams.
• 5+ years in software development in Kotlin, microservices and event driven systems, with a strong focus on API-first products and developer experience.
• You have worked with finance in any shape or form and understand the scrutiny and rigid requirements for consistency, quality, and properly-designed solutions.
• You worked or have a proficient knowledge about payments and various cycles of payment flows and schemes.

Benefits

• Meaningful stock options in a rapidly growing company alongside a very competitive salary
• Opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a 1st-to-market, fast-growing regulated fintech backed by tier-1 VCs, working with an incredible team of payment experts
• Empowerment to take ownership at all levels and make high-impact decisions
• Fun, collaborative and meritocratic culture with zero tolerance for politics
• Work in a truly multi-national team (offices in Toronto, London, Amsterdam and Krakow, with more coming soon).
• Hybrid working conditions - minimum 1 day per week from the office where the role is based
• Also the option to work from any of our other hubs for up to 6 weeks.
• Company retreats to celebrate successes and spend time together in person