Engineering Lead

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About the role

  • Engineering Lead managing cross-functional teams to enhance product development and quality at Hiive. Leading technical direction and mentorship in a rapidly growing fintech environment.

Responsibilities

  • Leading a small cross-functional team of engineers, partnering with a product manager and designer to assess priorities, and owning the day-to-day execution of the team's roadmap to consistently deliver high-quality releases on time.
  • Acting as a hands-on technical leader with strong expertise in one or more of Typescript, React, and Elixir.
  • Owning the software architecture and technical direction across your team’s functional domain.
  • Championing the adoption of AI technologies and AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate delivery and elevate engineering standards.
  • Maintaining a high standard for code quality, attention to detail, and engineering excellence that inspires the broader team.
  • Ensuring systems are secure, performant, scalable, and operationally reliable in production environments.
  • Evaluating technical approaches and partnering with leadership to make informed architectural and product decisions.
  • Conducting code reviews and ensuring the team ships complete, maintainable, and well-tested features.
  • Advocating for engineering best practices and continuously improving internal processes and developer workflows.
  • Supporting the hiring and onboarding of a growing engineering organization.
  • Mentoring engineers across varying levels of experience to help them grow their technical and professional skills.
  • Working closely with founders, product leadership, and stakeholders in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Adapting quickly to changing priorities and thriving in a rapidly evolving company.

Requirements

  • Previous experience leading cross-functional engineering teams, typically consisting of 4–6 engineers across frontend, backend, and full-stack disciplines.
  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and team velocity.
  • Strong expertise building frontend applications with React and Typescript or backend systems with Elixir and Phoenix.
  • Experience working with relational databases.
  • Experience working with Typescript and GraphQL.
  • Experience with DevOps practices, including infrastructure management and deployments.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
  • Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.
  • Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.
  • If you are based in Vancouver, enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
  • Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
  • An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Women’s Network events.
  • Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
  • Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
  • Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$200,000 - CA$300,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

ElixirGraphQLReactTypeScript

Location requirements

HybridVancouverCanada

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