Software Development Manager

Build something people love Wealthsimple's mission is to help everyone achieve financial freedom – by making financial services simple, transparent, and low-cost. We're Canada's largest fintech, trusted by over 3 million clients with more than $100 billion in assets. We move fast, we own our work, and we care deeply about the people using our products. If that sounds like you, keep reading. We're proud of what we've built — and we're just getting started. Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work . 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. In this role you will: - 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. We’re looking for someone who brings: - 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!) Why Wealthsimple? Top-tier health benefits and life insurance Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year ✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work. ICYMI Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: We move quickly and build thoughtfully. That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem. We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building. Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. Accessibility Statement: We're committed to an accessible hiring experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need. We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs. AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our team but don't replace human judgment – all final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.