Engineering Manager - Data & AI (# 7867)

Job Title: Engineering Manager - Data & AI

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia/ USA (100% Remote working)

Perm/FTE Role

 Citizens and Permanent Residents and those authorized to work in the Canada/USA are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor Visa or any work authorizations at this time

Job Description

  • We’re on a mission to give all organizations unprecedented visibility and control over their business spend.
  • Our industry-leading platform unifies data across procurement, AP, and expenses, helping finance and operations teams capture, analyze, and optimize every dollar of spend.
  • We’re a remote-first company backed by leading investors, helping mid-market organizations modernize how they manage spend.
  • The Opportunity We're hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our Data/AI team.
  • This team is at the core of our platform's intelligence, owning the critical suite of products that leverage Machine Learning and AI to help our customers save time and make more effective decisions in their Intake to Pay workflows.
  • In this role, you'll manage a team of AI Engineers and Data engineers and serve as a technical leader within the team's business domain.
  • You'll work closely with the Director of Platform Engineering to grow technical leadership and further develop a highly engaged, high-performing team.
  • You value accountability and you know how to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

 

WHAT YOU'LL Do

  • Lead & Mentor: Manage a team of 6-8 engineers, providing coaching for technical excellence, fostering individual career growth, and nurturing a high-performance culture of trust and deep collaboration.
  • Drive Velocity: Lead your team to deliver consistently against ambitious goals. You'll define success metrics, track progress transparently, and communicate proactively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and celebrate wins.
  • Own a Complex Domain: Own the technical direction and long-term vision for the Data/AI team. Design a scalable data architecture and ensure designs are architecturally sound, scalable, secure, and align with industry best practices.
  • Balance & Strategize: Think strategically to balance the repayment of technical debt with the delivery of new feature development. You'll be key in building both developer and product velocity for the long term.
  • Evolve our Architecture: Guide your team's efforts in designing, creating, evolving, and maintaining scalable and efficient data pipelines, model deployment, and monitoring frameworks.
  • Forge a Leadership Triad: Partner closely with the team's Product Manager and Product Designer, forming a high-trust triad to deeply understand customer needs.
  • Grow our Culture: Work with the engineering leadership team to contribute to the evolution of  engineering culture, balancing innovation with disciplined execution.
  • Proven Leadership: 6+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years in a direct people management role, and 3-5 years of experience on a Data and/or AI Engineering team
  • Modern SaaS Experience: Experience building scalable, customer-facing data products using modern technologies. We use Python, Databricks, Azure, and Kubernetes.
  • Architectural Acumen: Strong experience with Data Lakehouse technologies (e.g. Databricks, Apache Spark), software design principles, and data governance. You have a proven track record of building complex, reusable architectures and guiding teams through technical complexity.
  • Data Expertise: Strong understanding of Data Science concepts in Machine Learning and Generative AI.
  • Empathetic & Accountable: A self-driven, accountable leader who thrives in an autonomous, fast-paced environment and leads with empathy, compassion, and a people-first approach.
  • Exceptional Communicator: You excel at communicating complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences, fostering collaboration and alignment across teams.
  • Modern AI Experience: Experience or strong interest in AI technologies beyond traditional ML (e.g. Generative AI, RAG, and agentic frameworks). Preferred
  • Domain Expertise: A strong interest or background in the FinTech ecosystem. Direct experience building products in a B2B environment is highly desirable.
  • Agile & DevOps Mindset: Strong knowledge of agile development practices (e.g., Scrum/Kanban), CI/CD, test automation, and building for observability


A reasonable, good faith estimate Base Salary Range: $146,000- $182,000 CAD (This range is dependent on experience and not inclusive of any bonus, commission, benefits or equity that might exist in your total compensation package.)

 * The pay range listed above reflects the expected starting salary /Pay rate for this role. This range may be adjusted based on market conditions, location, and other relevant factors. The Company will determine the final starting salary/Pay rate in consultation with the selected candidate(s), in full compliance with applicable laws


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