Head of Engineering

Venn is the fastest-growing B2B fintech in Canada.

We're on a mission to transform business banking for Canadian entrepreneurs and are looking to hire A-players interested in disrupting traditional banking practices. As the

ONLY

digital banking platform in Canada offering a truly modern solution, we have seen accelerated growth, scaling to support more than 5,000 Canadian businesses in under two years. Business owners are tired of the big banks’ monopoly and are looking for modern tools that replace the legacy systems that have been their only option for over 100 years.

We've raised over

$26.5M

from Tier 1 investors such as Gradient, Left Lane Capital, Intact, and XYZ Venture Capital. Interested in redefining the future of banking in Canada? Look no further.

What You’ll Be Doing

Help build and level up a high-performing engineering team through mentorship, pairing, design discussions, and thoughtful code reviews

Contribute directly to the codebase and architecture, setting a high technical bar across reliability, scalability, and security

Take an active role in technical execution across backend systems and infrastructure, while shaping longer-term direction as the team scales

Own the operational excellence of your group, managing sprint capacity, removing blockers, and ensuring high-velocity, high-quality delivery.

Contribute to the development of core financial products such as payments, cards, FX, and lending, and step in to lead initiatives when needed to ensure execution quality

Work closely with product, operations, and go-to-market teams to understand real customer problems and turn them into impactful solutions

Support and sometimes lead complex integrations with banking partners and third-party APIs to enable capabilities like virtual cards, cross-border transfers, and accurate financial data flows

What You’ll Need

10+ years software development experience (including 4+ years of managing engineering teams)

Fluency with Java/Kotlin

Strong knowledge of modern web technologies and system design & architecture

Experience in building and scaling products from scratch

Management experience and developing the skills and talents of a strong and capable engineering team

Excellent communication and organizational skills

Nice To Have

Working experience across a breadth of our infrastructure, languages and stacks

Experience at an early-stage or fast-growing startup

Experience at a fintech

Familiarity with payment products (card issuing, money transfers, credit, etc.)

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